pre-departure

WOW! I am leaving in the morning..
As I get ready for bed I remember all of the many things that I should have done. Certain assignments assigned to me months ago that I started on and never finished. Will this affect my trip? Will everyone else have completed it and I be the lone irresponsible one? I have taken some medicine that makes me drowsy so I will sleep, but I still fear the tossing and turning and waking nightmares that might emerge..
Moving from the negative to the positive, I was reading the information I received TONIGHT..yes TONIGHT.. and there were instructions in Spanish and English. Before looking at the English I read the entire thing with complete comprehension! What an encouragement (Thank you Lord!)! The only word I was unsure about was accecer (to access) DUH.
Honestly, I am glad it will just be me and my dad tomorrow (my mother and brother are in Florida @ the present). No offense to you, mom, but dad and I just know each other and he helps me be more relaxed. Not tensed wondering constantly if I have forgotten something important. He has traveled so much he knows what answers I need, instead of beating around the bush (Love you mom).
This evening I was brushing my teeth. I just got my suitcase to weigh 47lbs, which is somewhere in between AFS regulations and Airline regulations, hopefully neither matter too much...just kidding. And I looked down on the counter...toothpaste..did I pack that? NO! AH! what else did I not pack!? And then a comb that I might need, and a ....etc. until I remembered my weight. UGH! so I only put my toothpaste in..a sad sad day when I can't take a comb. Now I am laughing again. A verse that I will be using all is:
"For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you." Isaiah 41:13
Don't you just love it when a plan comes together? :)