Emotional Rollercoasters

My papers came back from the UAE Embassy today! I have nothing left to authenticate! I've been trying for 5 days now to buckle down and pack my house. I haven't been very successful. I've packed 2 boxes of books and 1/3 of a box of clothes. Packing my clothes for storage made me want to cry. The closer it gets, the more I find myself becoming an emotional basket case... As much as I've been wanting to move away for years now, this has been home for the past 25 years of my life... Ever since my dad was stationed here....... Ahhhhhhhh......

God's Reassurances

It was just the other week that I showed my friend my dirham- the one I found in my drawer at home. Well, he went to 7-11 on his lunch break today and lo and behold, this is what the clerk gave him for change! He said he started to tell them to give him a "real" quarter when he realized what he was holding in his hand! He decided he had to bring it back so he could give it to me!
Just that morning (and the night before as I drove home from church), God and I were having a conversation about this move. It can seem kind of surreal at times- especially when you haven't heard anything from HR and you aren't actually doing anything to leave. I mean, I come home to a full fridge and a totally lived in house and yet, I am about to move to the other side of the world in just a few months. Really??????? This dirham felt like another small, subtle reassurance from God that I am doing His will for me.... I mean, what were the chances of this happening???

Another Dirham!!!

UAE Embassy Bound!!!

All papers are back from Secretary of State! They are now headed to the UAE Embassy! Back to D.C. they go! Hope they will be stamped and back by next week! I think all's left is to get my son's school records and make multiple copies of our passports.... Time to get the paperwork organized!