Well, I thought I'd try to get one last post in before we leave Guam for good. It is truly bittersweet. Saying goodbye to this beautiful place and wonderful friends is hard, but knowing what awaits us at the other end makes me want to jump for joy! We've had a great two years experiencing Guam and making good friends but we're all ready to come home. I haven't been too emotional ... yet. Friday we went to Underwater World for the last time and we were able to enjoy it with Jack's preschool class. Yesterday we went to Tarza water park at the boys' request. I had to break the news that waterparks will be a thing of the past once we get home. Today is our last Sunday at church and we have to say goodbye to our Southern Christian Academy family. It is going to be very emotional, very difficult. Today was my last jog (the diving birds are out for the first time and I want to leave Guam with my head and hair intact!). This afternoon will be Cole's last outing with Mrs. Sablan, his kindergarten teacher and special friend. Haven has to say goodbye to her best friend Bella and, though Haven won't have a clue, it will break my heart. Jack will miss his friends at school and his girlfriends Logan and Avri. I need one more visit to Mt. Lam Lam for shaved ice surprise and to the mall for a tapioca ball drink and I'll be ready to get on the plane. Tom has had one foot out the door for months :)
The details: On Wednesday the movers come to take our express shipment and we check out of housing and check into the Sheraton Hotel where we enjoy one more day of paradise before flying out Friday morning. We'll be in Massachusetts just long enough to visit Portsmouth, RI, see the house we'll be renting and sign the lease. Then we'll spend the rest of the week in NY with Tom's side of the family. After we celebrate his birthday on the 15th of May we'll be saying goodbye to him. He'll come back to Guam to finish up and study for his oral boards. The rest of us will be in Massachusetts and hope to see many of you! June 23rd we'll see him again! Our lease in RI starts July 1st. Phew, that was a lot.
I wish I could post the many pictures I have taken over recent weeks but I can't get them onto this laptop. Here are a few pictures from the Perimeter Run that a friend mailed to me. I put together a team of women, the "guamamamas", and we ran a 48 mile relay around the southern perimeter of Guam. We had an amazing time and did well. Boy was it hot! You can tell the before picture by the background. We started at 4:30 AM and finished before noon.
