Ready to go "home?"

As I sit here late at night thinking that I am so tired I need to get into bed, my mind is also busy thinking of going "home."

Tim and I leave for the States in 3 days! I still can't believe our first 11 months in Cambodia has gone by so fast!! How?

As I get ready to go home, I think about this new home that God has placed us in. I actually will miss Cambodia - God has given me some new friends here that I will miss this summer. I have so enjoyed teaching at Logos International School. The staff has been unified and we have all gotten along swimmingly. The kids are great! They want to learn and do their best.
God has given me a new house to live in. I look forward to painting and decorating it when I get back!
God has given me an "adopted daughter." The daughter I always wished I had had. Although I do love my daughters-in-law, I just wish I was closer to them and could hang out. And I loved raising boys, they were a blast!
But right now, God has put into Tim and my life a high school junior that will be living with us for the next two years. She is a MK (missionary kid); her parents live about 6 hrs. away. We are looking forward to having a teenager around and of course all her friends too!

These are just a few things to look forward to coming back to as I think about going "home." I've come to think of this as my home now though and it kind of feels like I'm leaving home. But that's what we MKs do quite well - adjust to a new environment quickly and let it become our home.

As I look forward to heading to my states-side home I am most excited about seeing my family! My kids, their wives, and grandkids especially! And I get the extra fun of seeing my mom, sisters, and Tim's family. What a great summer it will be! Other than family, I am looking forward to doing/seeing the following:
eating Mexican food
being in a house with Central Air
driving again
being in a country with traffic laws and lanes actually used properly
Chinese food
did I say Mexican food?
Arizona DRY heat
hearing more English around me than a foreign language
WalMart, Target, Kohls, etc
trying clothes on before buying them
oh, there is so much more, but I really do need to get in bed

Here's our schedule over the next few days:
Friday 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. Last day of School- hand out report cards
Friday 11:30 - ? Staff Luncheon at the Country Club (never been there before)!
Friday 3:00 - Going with girlfriends to get my toes painted (first time in Cambodia, first time ever! I've always done it myself)!
Friday 6 pm - dinner at Mike's Burgers with teacher friends
Haven't even packed yet!

Sat - go suspend Metfone (internet)
Sat - go to bank and withdraw dollars
Sat - maybe find time to clean house?
Sat - laundry
Sat 2:30 - ? Goodbye BBQ for Weiss family (elementary principal and his family who are leaving to move back to Canada)
Have to clean and pack if not done by now!

Sun - get up and eat breakfast and do last minute stuff
Sun - arrive at airport by 12:30, leave for China at 2:30 p.m. - 2 1/2 hr flight
Sun - China to LA about 13 hrs flight
Sun - arrive in LA Sun, same day (we gain a day coming back to the STates)
over night in LA with my sis

Mon 6:30 a.m. - leave LA for Phoenix, Arizona
arrive 7:50 a.m. picked up by sis-in-law and driven to Tucson!
See my mom and other family!! Yeah!!!

Please pray for safe and smooth travels - no delays and no missing our connecting flights! :)