Monday Morning

I woke up at 3 am with the dream of myself at a giant buffet - only instead of food they were serving emotions. Lots of emotions. Happiness - oh, yes, try some of that. The nervousness is delicious as well, and you must have a side of gut-wrenching panic. Guilt and sadness, too, save some room for those because you know Palamang has been through so much, and please top it all off with an extra serving of excitement. Oh, no, no, you can't be full, please have another slice of anxiety with an extra serving of gratitude and anticipation.

So, emotional? Yes. But after all that, this morning was oddly anticlimactic. M'e Mahlapane picked us up at 8:50 and we went to DSW, where she introduced us to...someone...who asked us how we liked Lesotho and told us to enjoy our next 14 days (gentle reminder not to leave early. As if). Then we were finished there. Christinah, the new AFAA representative, joined us for the trip to MIS. We arrived with great anticipation to find that...they sent Palamang to school! So...we had to reschedule. Mahlapane and I went through the paperwork - there are a few items they still need to get, so she put Christinah on it. There is still an issue with getting his passport, so please keep praying. I talked with the US Embassy this afternoon. They definitely need the passport to process the immigration documents, but said it was no problem to reschedule for Wed. the 17th and they could finish everything for us to leave on Monday. Trent's not anxious. I'm trying not to be anxious - giving it all to God.

We met Frank and Jessie and went to the mall to get on wifi. So you should have gotten updates for Saturday and Sunday. You'll just be a couple of days behind. All the TV shows are a year behind (tomorrow we'll find out who won last year's American Idol), so a couple of days isn't bad.Then we ran into Shelley - small world. She drove us to the Basotho Hat gift shop - local crafts, then home again. Now we're waiting for 2 o'clock so we can try to meet Palamang again.

I want to thank Mexico Family Camp for teaching me how to live on Flexico time, which operates here as well. Believe it or not, I wasn't even upset about the school/Palamang delay. A little disappointed, yes, but we've been rolling with whatever the schedule happens to bring.

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