The Countdown begins...the laughs and the ludicrous

As of today, I have 12 days before I leave for Rwanda. It's crazy! I still can't believe that I'm going and it's getting so close! People keep asking me if I'm getting excited and usually I start getting excited as soon as I'm actually sitting on the plane, after all the loose ends are tied up (or not), the bags are packed and checked. But until then, It's difficult to focus and I'm sure the next several days will be even crazier than the ones I've had this week.

Here are some of my favorite crazy moments from this week:

Having Nick tell me he would email to let me know when my computer was finished being worked on. (how can I check my email when I don't have my computer...)

buying a huge box of fruit gummies for the kids at the orphanage

Playing pretend "sleepy time" with Kyla - her touching me on the cheek saying "ok honey, you just need to go to sleep now"

Trying to figure out how in the hell I'm going to pack all of that crap (!!!) into my suitcases and trying to keep the cat out of the suitcases

THEN having a friend tell me that maybe after I suck all the air out of those vacuum pack bags (w/all my clothes) then it would weigh less! (I'm pretty sure she was joking...)

My most favorite though - waiting in line at Kinko's for 10-15 minutes to get atleast 150 pages scanned to a CD (just basic black and white copies...),

then having the little guy tell me that it was going to cost me $1 per page. After "discussing" that price for a few seconds, I slammed the papers on the counter and yelled "that's RIDICULOUS!!!" then stormed out of the store.

Oh yeah... I was pissed and oh yeah... I will fully admit to succombing to one of those little crazy outbursts that ummm.... runs through the family. :)

THEN I went to Ross and bought myself a cute little dress for 15 bucks and I told Mary that I needed some therapy because I was feeling fat and angry...

So am I getting excited? sure. I just need to get through the craziness then the excitement will start!