11 days......

Well folks, the time is near! We leave in 11 days for DC. Then from DC we leave on Aug. 5 for Belfast. I had a great conversation with a former student/friend of Carol's yesterday. Zara is heading to Mexico for her gap year and working with a local group in the Cuernavaca area. I love the idea of a "gap" year between HS and college where one can go see part of the world and do some good works along the way. It's much harder to do that sort of thing after you have a job and family. I'm really excited to be this close. The to-do list continues to grow-must start packing soon! I had a great talk last night with Reggie from Alabama. We met at the Fulbright Chicago pre-orientation and he's also going to Belfast. He seems like such a nice guy and we talked like we've known each other for years. He's going to be working with special ed in the Belfast area. We know of one other teacher coming to the area and he is another Spanish teacher from Arizona. Have not met him, but I have a feeling that the "Belfast crew" will have a blast in DC together.
xoxo,
ML