Butterflies abounding

I woke up this morning with a knot of excitement all bound up in my core. Actually, it's more a combination of anticipation, nervousness,and keeping a running list of the last little things to do all straight in my head.

It's been a whirlwind of medical appointments in the past two weeks, mostly to reassure ourselves. Russ really does have a clean bill of health with his heart. I can't wait until he does another lipid profile in December as I am convinced his numbers will be better with all of the changes he has made.

Our last week in the Berkshires has felt like fall. I haven't been in the pool for a couple of weeks, and the leaves are slowly starting to change. After a wicked fierce storm blew through Dalton last night, it was downright sweatshirt-weather this morning. Not for long though as low temperatures in Kuwait are still in the 90's.

Much to the dismay of our nieces and nephews, school starts in Berkshire County next week. On the other hand, we will have two weeks in Kuwait before the students arrive, which I think is a nice amount of time to settle in. Normally, I would be prepping now for the hectic fall schedule, but because I am still unsure of what their process is, I will wait until we get there. Then it will be like going zero to eighty in no time dealing with 140 college-bound seniors.

We jump from Bradley airport in Hartford tomorrow to clear skies at Dulles, before overnighting to Frankfurt. I am extremely happy to have found a hotel we will spend the day at before we fly to Kuwait in the late afternoon. We are told there will be school people to pick us and our eight pieces of luggage up and transport us to our new home. I love the sense of order and efficiency already.