Going Home!

Well...it is official...I am going home for a little holiday at the end of August! And I am bringing my cat Crunch!

I know it is a little silly to come home for a visit when I was just home (last December) and will be finishing up my service (this December), but my parents wanted me to visit and offered to pay, so how could I turn that down?!? Plus, it is a great opportunity to bring home the Crunch-man. He will officially be an Nam-American! He is very excited about his dual citizenship.

So...mark those calendars! I will be home from 22 Aug to 10 Sept. I plan on spending most of my time at the Lake with some FW and Indy visits squeezed in. Of course, all my plans have to be run by my mom (who only allows me to be out of her sight for a select few minutes a day ;), but hopefully I will be able to see as many people as possible when I am home.

After I fly back to Nam, I will finish up my service and leave Nam and PC for good in early December. It will be really hard to say good bye and officially leave my second home, but I think I will be ready (please remind me of this statement when I am saying my final goodbyes and cannot stop sobbing--I can be pretty emotional when it comes to saying good bye!). Once I COS (close of service), some friends and I will backpack around Africa a bit and I will hopefully be home for good in February. I will update you on the whens and wheres of that big trip once we sit down and do some planning..I have begun to realize that planning is not a PCV's strongsuit after 3 years of chaotic non-planning, one of the many joys of living in Nam :).

See you in America soon soon!