One week...

I leave in one week. I had a great week last week in Lexington with my sister and her family, and in WV with my friend Merilee (from college). my little calendar is full of lunch and dinner meetings with friends and family. Yesterday we went to Holland for lunch with my mom's family, and Saturday i get to have breakfast with my Dad's family. all in all, i've been soaking up time with people i love!

i've also been cleaning, and starting to pack (if piles of stuff all over my bedroom count as packing).

I've been asked over and over how i feel...and the answer is, excited. the fact that i'm going to India for 4 months is still somewhat theoretical. i know its going to happen, it still doesn't feel entirely real though...but with each day, it seems a little more real, and i get a little more excited.

i know there will be more hard moments as i continue to say, "goodbye" to people i love. And i'm sure i'll be totally overwhelmed in kolkata at least once :) But, more than all that, i just feel excited. In fact, as i was driving today, and i thought of leaving in a week, i got tears in my eyes...not out of sadness, but out of anticipation. God has been at work in me bringing me to this point for a year and a half...and in a week, it all becomes real.

i'll continue to make lists of things to do, people to email, questions to ask my team leader, things to back, stuff to buy ect, ect, but my heart is ready...i may not know all that i'm getting myself into, but i'm ready!