Day 1-July 18, 2009

Wow, this day came fast for me. After months of planning and weeks of gathering and packing, finally everything came together yesterday and we sent Cari off on her new adventure. She seemed full of confidence and excitement and we said goodbye without shedding the dreaded tears she was worried about.(although I did shed a few on the way to the car...sorry Cari) Then we headed to Los Toltecos for a margarita and a late lunch. I am pretending that we just dropped her off for another year at school, but I know that soon we will be out of real-time touch and I must find things to keep me occupied so I don't mope around missing her and talking to her. Last night we heard from her as she made it to LA and then found they had misplaced one of her bags and she had to wait a long time for the shuttle to the hotel. Good news later-she made it to the hotel and will not have to change rooms when her group convenes there today. They will hopefully deliver her other bag today too. I gave Cari a hard time yesterday as she tried to figure out the time difference from here to Majuro and how it didn't seem to match up to the info they had given her about flights, etc. She just could not figure it out and she told me she just had an inquisitive mind--how true! and explains why she is now going to teach for a year in Namdrik, Republic of the Marshall Islands!! Bon Voyage sweet girl! Miss you already! Love, Mom