Last-minute prep!

The time is slipping by so very fast and I'm already not sleeping well. This is my usual pre-trip problem. I get it from my mom. We're both cronically excited. I wake up much too early and can't wait to get up and do some prep for the trip. The order of the day today is packing! I hope to have everything packed by the end of the day. That will leave me all day Tuesday and part of Wednesday to obsess about everything I've already packed and hopefully I'll be re-packed by the time my flight leaves!

I'm also busy putting all things work related in order before I go. I'm a youth director at a large church and so I have endless details to finish before I leave. It's hard to think of all the things that need to happen while I'm gone and do them now. I said goodbye to my kids (I don't have any of my own so I mean my youth group) on Wednesday and then again yesterday at Sunday school. I will miss them and I know a lot will happen that I'll have to catch-up on when I return.
Mike (my husband) has been a huge help, as usual. He patiently went shopping with me for 2 hours on Friday night for travel stuff. He held the list and pushed the cart and gave opinions while I hemmed and hawed. Many people have asked how he'll survive without me while I leave him behind. To which with both respond, "What else is new". I'm always going on trips with my youth, my parents, for conferences. He does very well by himself, but he's always happy to see me too.

So now I'm off to pack! I can't wait to meet all my travel companions and I can't wait to see India. How did the months go by so fast!!

Susan Haukaas <><