The Countdown Officially Began Monday 8/13

As the rays of sun flickered in my window Monday morning I awoke to the sound of screeching jake brakes from I-90 and thought..."Oh how I won't miss that sound if I ever get back to Jamaica." I groggily rolled over and turned on my iPod, hoping Tom would be online so we could Skype, and dozed while it booted up. No luck. Tom was already out and about for the day which wasn't a huge surprise since it was about 10:30am in Jamaica. I then checked my email and waited anxiously as that little spinning circle went around and around while data streamed through the interwebs to my little electronic friend.

Ding!

Oooh, I had mail. As I clicked on that little word INBOX I prayed to whatever deity felt like listening that either Jenny Mayo (my country desk officer) or Wes Moses (Director of Programming and Training in Jamaica) had emailed me with information detailing the specifics of my return. Well I guess somebody was listening because there it was! Jenny had emailed me! Wahoo!

So, September 9th is the date! Exactly 26 days from today.

In some ways Tom and I both feel worse. Maybe its because we thought it would be earlier than that and 26 days feel like such a long time.

I'm so anxious. I just want to wake up and be there already. But in the mean time, I'm helping my mom move into a new apartment (hopefully this weekend). Then next weekend is the River City Roots Festival and my cousin may come to visit too. We are hoping to travel to Absarokee for a visit over Labor Day weekend and then my Dad is coming on Sept. 4th. So if I'm lucky the time will pass super fast!

In other news. I had a lovely visit with Sarah and Crystal (2 of my closest friends from college) on Friday. We had a lovely meal, talked about boys and well boys, and sang a little karaoke too. Then on Saturday Tom and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary. Not much of a celebration, we chatted on Skype and around noon Grandma Nancy Chandler arrived with a gorgeous bouquet of roses. Tom had been sneaky and had her pick up and deliver them for him. It was so sweet! They are gorgeous too. A lovely pale pink with some of the outer petals a darker fuchsia. He's such a great guy! I just can't wait to get back to him and hug him soooo tight!

Flowers from Tom for our 5 year Anniversary!

Till then....~ Chelsea