sooooon.

My trip to Panamá is right around the corner! My flight is this coming Thursday at 12:15am. I'm so excited. I have work tomorrow and Tuesday, heading to the bay when work is done Tuesday and then final packing and heading to the airport on Wednesday. I'm hoping to update this blog often. I'll definitely update it every time I'm at a computer - just hope that to be fairly regularly. There's a chance we'll spend my first night there (Thursday night) in Panamá City or Penonomé. It all depends on how quickly we get from the airport to the bus. Saturday night, Dave's first host family is going to make us dinner. From the sounds of it, Dave is going to be helping them with their garden so we'll already be there. Beyond that, all I know is what's on the itinerary. Can't wait though because I know we'll end up doing more than what we've got planned at the moment.

I'm in the process of getting everything ready for my trip. All my bags are packed (mostly) - bringing a purse and backpack as my carry-ons and then checking in one of those travel backpacks. I've packed about a weeks worth of clothing as well as some things Dave has requested.

As for life this past month...

It's been pretty good. Ate Lorie moved back to Rodeo with the kids. We had dinner at the house one night with ALL of the kids. 10 kids (8 boys and 2 girls) between the three Ate's. It was loud, crazy and absolutely amazing. I can't wait till Christmas! The other weekend, I went to the house in Rodeo and baked cookies with the kids. I was amazed because all 5 of them wanted to help and did a great job at it! The following Sunday, we went bowling in San Francisco for Isaiah's birthday. We played with bumpers and everyone had a blast.

Bowling.

Front Row:Xavier, Sammie, Sarah, Maya

Second Row: Junior, Nikko, Eli, Isaish

Back Row: Jonah, Antonio

I'm still loving Davis. I'm trying to enjoy my free time as much as possible before I start school. Just a few more months and then I'll be on lockdown. We had a Buen Viaje party last night which was a lot of fun. I was a little bummed when I uploaded my pictures today and saw that I only took 33 pictures the whole night. Oh well. :)

Friend of a friend, Alex, Jeff, Sean, Kristina, Tiff, Me, Ron, KC

KC, Tam, Me, Tiff, Kristina, Brandon

Me, Bonnie and Tam

I have a little bit more shopping to do tomorrow and then I'll be FULLY PACKED and READY TO GO! I wanna get a few things to eat during the trip. Pringles for the flight and maybe some chicken Vienna Sausages for while I'm there. Dave told me to bring any food that I really like for me... but I know it's because he misses the yummy food.