Fall!

I spent 5 lovely, restful days at the family farm in VA, and gorged my eyes on fall foliage. What a treat! I took hundreds of pictures, and now I have the horrid task of weeding them out to keep only a few of the best ones. All my dad's living siblings were there, too. It was great to be with family. Now it's NC for a few weeks!

Goodbye K.L., Hello U.S.

Every time I come to KL, I think, I want to live here one day. I love this place. But my time is up, and I'm leaving this great city and my favorite 3-yr-old. It is Sunday afternoon. Tomorrow is Monday, and I arrive in Dallas on Monday afternoon, but there are something like 48 hours between now and then. Ugh.







Bye-bye! Waiting for reverse psychology to work for my last hug--"Whatever you do, do not hug SJ. Don't do it!"

From KL

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister, CHARIS!

Secondly, isn't JD precious? Ok, so at 11 days old they're not exciting if you don't know them personally, so just take my word for it. :) I'm so glad to be here & holding the little guy and playing with his brother (I'll have to post pictures later--there are some on FB now).

Lastly here's a brief overview of my upcoming schedule: I'll start in Dallas for 1 day, fly to NC in order to drive to the farm in VA, might head to OH, then hang around NC (Boone and Charlotte areas) for a couple weeks, then GA and AL for my birthday. Up to IL for thanksgiving, then most of December in Orlando, and lastly, a few days in CA over New Year's on my way back out of the country. Track my trails on my blog and E-mail me if you want to try and meet up!

One more week

I'm sitting at the airport right now, waiting for a flight to Malaysia where I'll stay several days with the N family, post-birth. On Sunday (18th) I'll begin my long journey to the U.S. I can't wrap my mind around it! I've been reading back over my journals from 3 1/2 years ago, reflecting on my journey and time here, which has been enlightening and interesting, to say the least. :)

Birth

Our newest team member was born Tuesday morning! We'll be there in a few more days to help out.


Tuesday night I was walking along the road taking pictures of the sun setting, and lo and behold, there was a water buffalo giving birth!



By the time I got up close the baby was out, but still pretty cool.

Countdown

It's official. I finally have my tickets. I'll be in the U.S. in 14 days! I leave the island in 5 more days. It seems surreal, and I don't know what to expect. This morning I woke up at 3:30 and couldn't go back to sleep. Wondered if I should just give myself a jump start at adjusting to the jetlag? :) Starting to feel sad about leaving my neighbors, even though it's only for 3 months. Sad, too, because they need our house back, so when I return I won't be in the cozy little house that I love so dearly, designed ourselves to our liking.

I'm fine

Last night I was making pizza with C and I heard the workers going on about an earthquake. I said, “Really? Right now?” C said, “Oh yeah, I feel it.” I’m still like, “really?” After a while they’re all like, “it's still going.” I never felt it. I think I was too busy running around the kitchen to feel the ground shake.