Bitter Sweet

These last seven days have been bitter sweet for us as we say goodbye to all of our family and friends.  This will be the longest we have been away from everyone and we are certainly on an emotional rollercoaster. On the one hand we are SUPER excited and can’t wait to land in Jamaica in 48 hours but we wish we could bring everyone with us. 

The kids’ friends spent the weekend with us last weekend and seeing them say goodbye on Monday evening even made my choke up a little.

My big sister came over and cooked us a wonderful homemade lasagna dinner on Sunday and it was certainly hard to say goodbye to her, my niece and nephew and Aunt Nina’s baby, Jr.

Yesterday we said goodbye to our dear friends the Fritz family.  The kids were really sad about that as well, as our friends are preparing for a big move themselves.  We wish them all the best and hope they can come visit us in Jamaica. We hope everyone can come visit us in Jamaica!!!

Today was my last day on campus and I was so sad to say goodbye and leave.  When I shut down my computer and turned off my office light it felt so final.  I know I’ll be back before I know it however, sitting behind my desk talking with students and sharing all of my adventures I know we will have in Jamaica J

As far as getting settled in Jamaica, I think we will be just fine. We now have an address so we know where we will be living.  We know we have to get a taxi from the airport to campus. We know how to get the keys to the place (since we will be arriving on the weekend) so we can go straight there once we land. And everyone I will be working with knows we are coming and are expecting us.  I received my letter approving my work permit so I can legally work when we arrive. Yay for that and a huge relief because without that work permit I could not get my visa and therefore not stay in the country.  The only task I have left to tackle now is how I go about obtaining my visa, but I will cross that bridge once I get to Jamaica.

So for now we are all packed and ready to go.  The next time you hear from me it will be from JAMAICA!!!!