3 more sleeps

Well it's that time already. I pulled the suitcases down yesterday and started gathering non-essentials. I don't think the fact that we are moving has really sunk in yet. I'm actually hoping for it to just wait till after Krystin's wedding next weekend to sink in. We've had a pretty good week aside from all the hours spent on the phone with utility companies. Jed kept trying to explain that they will not be getting more money from us after Thursday because we will have no more financial presence in the UK. You would think that most companies would jump when you say please take my money now, but no, it's not supposed to work that way.
On Wednesday we got to say goodbye to the school we've been volunteering at. We were the judges for their end-of-the-year talent show. It was really nice to get to spend a little time with everyone before we go. Friday night we went with Anne, Ian, and Sharon to the Balti house for a final curry. I do have to say that of all the things I will miss about living in the UK it will probably be the Indian food and the fish and chips that I miss the most.
It seems silly but I can't help but wake up every day wishing it would go faster just so everything would be finished. I'm not saying I can't wait to leave, as a matter of fact in a week I'll be wishing that everything had gone slower. It's just that I'd like to know that we've made it through without any complete breakdowns.
Anyway today is packing day (for me at least, Jed will probably wait till Tuesday night). Then tomorrow we will be going down to Mapelwell camp to say "hello" and "goodbye" to all of our friends there. Then Monday and Tuesday are just for reveling in everything English before we leave for the airport at 3am on Wednesday.

New Horizons

I can't believe it's been two years and a month since Jed and I first arrived in the UK. Now we're making plans to move back to the States and it's feeling more than a little surreal. When people here ask whether we are excited to be going home or not it's not the easiest question to answer. This has been the first home we've had together, so we will always have a special place in our hearts for Morley. I'm sure most of our friends from college will know what I'm talking about when I say that major life changes seem to become a way of life when you're between the ages of 18 and 30. In the last 7 years I graduated high school and moved 1,300 miles away from my "home" to go to college. Then I spent a semester abroad in Europe, got engaged, got married, graduated college, moved to England and somewhere in there my parents moved to Texas. Needless to say my definition of "home" has changed many times.
We have been very blessed to find a job in Tipton, Oklahoma. We will be working as relief house parents with the Tipton Home.. Knowing that we have a job to go back to has made our last few months here so much easier. It's been great to be able to focus on things here and not have to worry about what we will do in the US.
We will be flying into Dallas on July 27th so that we can make it to Oklahoma City in time for my sister in law, Krystin's, wedding on the 30th. Then we will be doing some visiting with my family in Texas and starting work in Tipton on August 16th. So if any of you will be in the area we would love to get together and share some stories.