to do

my to-do list, for lack of any space on my hard drive, i am posting it here (and will cross them off as i finish . . . you know, it makes us list-makers actually feel accomplished!)

• order patés . . . 82 of them. take a haitian staff and 410 gourdes.
• finish testing. (one absentee to go, so its sort of a win).
• write up portfolio assessments.
• turn in my grades.
• finish Liberty Academy photo collage (if i can find it hiding on my computer), finish kindergarten class photo collage.
• take said photos, to a "photo place" here (if i can find one hiding in the city), and get a 16" x 20" print made of the school photos, and 11 8" x 10" of the class photos. (Well, i tried. my computer ate my photos and wouldn't let me edit them. and then shut down.)
• Go to Deli Mart for my last one-on-one with Sarah. (moved to Wednesday!)
• Bake 2 cakes, make homemade icing, and enough macaroni salad for 41 people.
• Pack up my classroom.

and that is just by monday.

tuesday:

• field day with the kids.
• pick up patés, macaroni salad, cakes and pudding, get utensils and plates, and set up food for lunch by 11.
• bake homemade cookies after school. at least 3 dozen. pray i have enough (and the right) ingredients. (woo-hoo! got the cookie dough made already tonight!)
• finish packing up classroom. because let's be real: you saw my monday's list, the classroom will not be finished by then.

and until my departure:

• wednesday morning: graduation rehearsal.
• wednesday night: graduation.
• thursday: likely more packing and cleaning.
• thursday night: women's small group - ice cream and a movie.
• friday night: birthday night, dress up. both are mandatory.
• saturday: farron's birthday, and kay foun's for dinner. i'm over kay foun's and i rarely enjoy the food more than the company.
• sunday: hopefully beach in montrouis. i would love to spend my last weekend on the shores of this nation. i'm not holding my breath.
• clean the house.
• sunday night: church. last service. lots of tears will be assumed.
• monday: tour around haiti. hopefully headed north to cap hatien. again, not holding my breath because we all know even managing to get to the market is a feat and a half.
• monday night: goodbyes and deli mart (it's usually a given). i don't think i can do this.
• tuesday morning. wow. tuesday morning. we leave saint marc, and head to port-au-prince. i'm even typing in disbelief right now.
• tuesday night: spend the night, in a tent, down by the-- rubble. bittersweet way to leave the country. on second thought, just plain miserable way to leave the country.
• wednesday morning: i'm leaving, on a jet plane.
• 6:55 wednesday night. arrive in Tampa (Lord willing!). cry with Christina. get an iphone 4. see my family. hickory hollow. i can't even contain my excitement!

it would do my heart no service to continue on with my plans for after that. but i will leave it at this: every moment from now into then is going to be jam-packed with busyness. i pray that the Lord will continue to bless my time here and pour into my heart. i pray that He allows me to get all this junk done so i can focus on the relationships i've made and enjoying my quickly-fleeting last moments here.