See Jim.
See Sharon.
See Jim and Sharon pack.
See Jim and Sharon smile!
We leave tomorrow, God-willing, to Drs in Paris for Jim, three days in Singapore for our honeymoon (married 26 years ago Dec. 6!) , and then on to Australia -- spending great time with Joey and then we'll be joined by -- in this order: Jeri; my sis, Kath, and her hubby, Dave; Brad and Karissa. We'll have a late Christmas as those-guys will all arrive on the 28th and beyond. I can hardly stand the wait!!!
We've got our laptops loaded with everything we need for working from anywhere -- that's the problem with our high-tech world -- you never really get away, anymore!
Jim's got huge projects coming in -- things he's been working on for the whole year.
I've got new arrivals coming in -- there's never really a break in the steady stream of new hires and transfers!
But, even with the work load it will be great to be away from the intensity.
Lucy cried when we said goodbye -- hugged me and had a tough time letting go. We gave her a little Christmas gift, a Christmas bonus, and a raise -- you'd think we'd found her a job in the U.S. or something. She's so grateful for every little thing we do for her.
I hired a guy named "Jumbo!" who cooks for the camp doctor to train Lucy and she's been doing a great job. So, I think she's most disappointed to not have any oyibos to cook for in the next month! She's precious!
Prince's wife, Glory, is pregnant. He's rather ticked ("disturbed" is his word) that she's not cooking food he likes anymore. He seems to think it's fine if she vomits while she's cooking as long as he gets his food. A bit of an ego, there! So, she's sick day and night and still operating two sewing shops in a town 2 hours north of us and she's opened a new shop here in our city. She does a great job as a seamstress. Her business is growing here, already. We made them a loan so that they could rent the shop space. Prince is diligently paying it back each month -- little-by-little.
Camp life continues to be a bit tense as we still have very limited options for getting out, still need escorts, etc. So the nasty people stay nasty but ... the good news is --- the nice people just get nicer!! So, some of us had a progressive dinner last night. Jim and I quit after the dessert house. Many stayed until 4 a.m. That's 5 hours past our bedtime! The "entree" house or "hors d'oevres" house as we would say -- was our's. I didn't have Christmas decorations so I lit gobs and gobs of candles and had paper snowflakes that I'd cut out in the windows. What fun! I brought no Christmas music and most of our music is Christian, so, it was weird but we played Sting on the CD player. He seems to have universal appeal. 'just not quite like Christmas parties we're accustomed to!
I'll have more time for reflecting during our travels so I'm sure I'll blog more soon.
Air France -- here we come! Business class, even!
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