Counting Down

Today we received our list of "things to do" before we are allowed to move out of our apartment (and get our deposit back, more importantly)... I can't wait to scrub out every crevice of every drawer, cabinet, and shelf during my last week of teaching. Carpets must be professionally cleaned (but two of our local services are not allowed... they don't live up to the standards of our property managers... ok, so which ones DO? Thanks), mirrors must be wiped (NO streaks), and of course all our stuff needs to be out.

I have four weeks of school left, and we are not only checking out of our apartment the day after the last day of school, but we are leaving for Mexico City the day after that! One of my dear friends from Westmont, April, is getting married down there. We get to spend 8 days touring the city, and monuments around it, while practicing the Spanish we will so desperately need in Ecuador.

Then we'll be home for about 10 days before we head to New York City to visit another college friend and her husband! I have been waiting for years to visit NYC, and I cannot wait to be shown around by the new resident, New Yorker at heart, and future Broadway star, Misty.

THEN we'll be home for about SIX days before we make the biggest move of both our lives... the time will fly not only because we are so busy traveling the continent, but because it's less than TWO MONTHS away! ~Counting Down~