Plane ticket purchased!

It is all official I have my plane ticket, I leave on Thurs. March 19th!

I'll be honest, I'm exhausted already from all the prep stuff I have to get done before I leave. I feel like I'm about to start my first day of Jr. High School. I'm excited beyond belief, but with me, that results in lack of sleep. I'm just wound up at the end of the night no matter how much stuff I got done that day. By the time my book finally calms me down and tuckers me out, which is usually 5-10pages in, I realize I've been reading for an hour or more. No amount of starbucks is keeping me awake at work. This will be my last week of starbucks. That way I get 2 weeks to kick the habit before I leave.

On Wed. I get to head out to visit my friend Jessie in De Kalb, IL! I'm so ready to visit her. I met Jessie when she was doing the job I'm about to do down in New Orleans last April. And we've kept in contact since. I think that the best part of this trip is that we are both on a budget and that ensures that it is going to be a relaxing weekend. The other best part is the conversations that are going to be had. Jessie and I are great at challenging each other to think about faith and God, and asking questions that might take a couple of days of contemplation to try and answer. I'm so excited about those conversations! I'm also excited to take a vacation for me. I've loved my other vacations don't get me wrong, taking a week to supervise Jr. High Missions, and go on Missions myself, but I'm finally listening to my body telling me to go relax for me.

One thing that I am realizing is that my daily routine is about to be shaken up. And that excites me and terrifies me at the same time. I love my daily routine. I'm an early person anyway, but it just hit me yesterday that early becomes even earlier in New Orleans. So my biggest prayer at this point is that I adjust well, and make sure to take care of myself in the process.