This shouldn't surprise you.. I am the biggest procrastinator alive!! Haha. Today has been a crazy day.. running around all day picking up last minute items and visiting with some friends. Surprisingly I'm not that tired, probably because of all the excitement. I have felt encouraged by my home church community since the past 2 weeks I have been prayed over by the college group that I used to be involved in before I moved to San Diego. It's awesome to be able to catch up with everyone when I'm home and still have those relationships as well as meet new faces. After college group, I was up late last night spending time with my best friend Megan, just chatting and eating ice cream.. what we do best :) Then I was woken up bright and early by my parents so I could say bye to them as they headed off to Vegas to celebrate the end of the school year (teachers are spoiled with 3 months vacation!). I fell back asleep for a little bit, but not for long since it was scorching outside and I began to sweat at 8 AM and haven't really stopped since! Haha. I then got a surprise visit from my best friend Ashley and her mom (a.k.a."Mama Maxwell") complete with my favorite Starbucks drink (iced white mocha) and an awesome prayer session! Then the laundry began and the beginning of lots of packing to come. I not only had to pack for Africa, but also to go back to San Diego since I won't be coming home before school starts again. Then I met my friend John at Aqui's for lunch and had amazingly refreshing pineapple-strawberry sodas and good conversation as always! Then the errands began... I bought one more skirt at Ross, a copy of "The Irresistible Revolution" for Rachel (the four of us are going to be reading it together throughout the summer), went to the bank... twice, Target, and the UPS store to get a packing box for my supplies. On my way home I stopped by my best friend Amanda's house (she has air conditioning and a pool!!). She wrote me a precious card which said "I will be praying for you while you're in Mexico" among other nice things... HAHA she won't live that one down... she tried blaming it on the heat.. Oh well :) She said she will also pray for me while I'm in Africa so that's comforting! Then I drove over to my friend Josh's house to say bye to him because he's leaving tomorrow to spend the summer in Lake Tahoe working at Safeway! I'm super excited for him and told him to say hi to my parents when they go shopping since we spend our summers in Tahoe. I then came home to pack some more until my best friend Raven came over with Togo's for dinner (I'm definitely going to have a hard time without turkey sandwiches for 2 months...). As we were eating, John and Susan (my parents best friends and Mom and Dad number 2) came over to say hi and pray for me. The rest of the night was spent packing and weighing my bags to make sure they are within the 50 lb. limits. I can't believe I fit everything in 1 duffel bag and a backpack!! I'm pretty stoked for my simplistic lifestyle I must say! Well, I'm pretty much all set to go.. just a few more details to complete (like snacks and games for the crazy long plan ride!) Megan is coming over at 8 with a bagel breakfast and to help me load my car up as I drive down to LA. I am going to stay the night at my friend Sheila's house (she was my roommate all last year and I'm super excited to see her!), then I will drive to my sister's house on Sunday morning so I can keep my car in her garage for the summer and she will take me to the airport! Those are the travel plans.. pray everything goes well and that I don't fall asleep at the wheel... I will post again before I leave!! I can't believe it's finally here! Thank you again for all your support and prayers :) I love you all!!! Ok, bed time...
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