Today is Wednesday and I'm sitting in an empty dining room. Justin went home on Monday. He's staying in Indiana for the summer and going to work at the Huntington's Excel office. I'm excited for him! And that he'll be near the area and be able to pick me up in Chicago in August ; )

Monday was a hard day. It was sad saying goodbye to Justin. But at least I'll get to see him in eleven weeks. His poor parents have to wait until Christmas time. Eleven weeks is still too long in my book though! After we took him to the airport though, I went with his parents to the TWR office to help out. His mom was preparing for a conference in Greece so I got to help make powerpoints and make folders of TONS of information for everyone. Yesterday I went back with them to help out some more. I also got to meet Kate, Dawn's intern for this summer. She's from Colorado but goes to college in Oklahoma. She seems like a really nice girl. It was cool being at the office and helping out...almost like I'm getting a head start on my internship. Kate, Dawn and Ted left for Greece this morning and will be gone until Sunday, so it's just me and the kids until then. I'm not too nervous. I think I know my way around well enough by now to get anywhere I need to go. The kids don't have school tomorrow because it's a national holiday in Austria, but they have a picnic at a park for the school, so I think we'll probably go to that unless it rains and it gets canceled. I'll have sometime to explore a little bit by myself, and on Friday Micah (he's 10) has an awards ceremony at school in the morning that I'll go to and then he gets out early, so maybe I'll take him out for ice cream afterwards.

Africa. I leave for Africa Monday evening. How crazy is that?! I've been waiting so long to go, and now it's so close! I'm excited, but definitely nervous! I can't wait to meet the other girls and get moved into our apartment, or "flat" as it is called there! Ashley and Beth have been there for about a week and a half now and are all settled into their "flat" already. Alena will get in about 12 hours after I do, and Alyssa will get in about a week after us. There are going to be so many adventures! I was in contact with my boss/mentor yesterday, and it sounds like shark cage diving is definitely going to happen at some point! He also said that I need to be prepared for really cold weather. He said that at night it has been getting below freezing! Yuck! During the day though, it seems to have been getting to the mid to high 60s. I'm really going to miss summer!

Anyway, I guess that's all for now. I think I'm going to go for a walk and get a few gifts maybe. Keep looking at pictures on facebook! And keep praying!! : )