At 5:03AM our alarm clock went off, and our day began. The kids (amazingly enough) pretty much got right out of bed without too much pulling. They were ready to start the day and go to school. They got dressed, ate breakfast, brushed teeth and got on the bus at 6:00AM. It was hard to believe they were out the door just as the sun was really coming up! They were excited to get on the bus - another girl, Daniella, is in first grade and is our neighbor at the seminary. They all got on the bus together. I'm sure Elijah and Sydney were fine, because they had each other. If Elijah had to go by himself, I think we would have had some tears.
Since we now have an extra 1 1/2 hours in our days (with waking up so early!), Scott and I have decided to start walking in the morning. We walked around the seminary campus a few times - it felt good to have some time to exercise. I also hope to be able to read a chapter a day in some books that I've started and haven't finished - I've got about 4 books that I'm in the "middle" of.
I also started back at the office today - it's different getting ready to go to work, instead of sitting at the desk at home. I've been doing some follow-up work from the COM that we had last week in Nicaragua. We are trying to get rid of so much paper and keep things digital, so all the paper from the COM (registration sheets and interviews) have to be scanned - guess who gets the fun of that? I can't complain - Scott has to send out the recommendation letters to everyone - that's a day long project in itself.
Things are starting to feel more normal - we think that we've found a church. There are still 1 or 2 more that we are going to visit, but we are really happy with one that we found a few weeks ago. We'll see what God has in store. We've unpacked about 96% of the boxes - home is starting to feel like home.
I'm anxious for the kids to come home (around 1PM) to see how their first day went. We've been praying that it's AWESOME and that they can't wait to go back everyday. :)
