Countdown

I've been meaning to add another post for a while now since I really dislike seeing the words "Check our our wishlist" at the top of our blog every time I log in.  It seems especially callous given that international news reports indicate that many Mauritanians are struggling to provide basic needs for their families due to the sky-rocketing prices of grain, rice and other staples.  There is a very good article and video from the Washington Post discussing the severity of the current situation in RIM.

Today is also my 27th birthday and it is amazing for me to realize that if everything goes as planned I won't be celebrating another birthday in the U.S. until I turn 30!  Now that it is almost May, we are definitely entering the countdown period.  I only have seven more scheduled nights at work, partly thanks to some vacation days I'll be taking in mid-May.  We'll be using that time to celebrate some important family events, my sister's graduate school graduation and Mike's sister's wedding, to attempt to pack up our apartment, and to enjoy the beautiful springtime weather.

I'll stop there, as I have to make a conscious effort to keep things short since I have a very bad tendency to ramble.  I hope everyone is doing well.  Thank you so much for reading our blog and I hope to see you before we leave Kansas on June 17th (Mike's birthday)!  We have a going away get together in the works for June 13th, so put it on your calendars...and yes, it is a Friday, but Friday the 13th has been good to us (Mike proposed on Friday the 13th and we almost got married on a Friday the 13th also).