Goodbye's are the hardest

On Tuesday morning we packed up the rest of isable's things and took her to the air port, we got her all checked in then exchanged several very tear filled hugs before she had to go though security and get on her plaine. She left at 1:49 pm here and arived at home at 8:30 am Wed morning in San Palo. We already miss her dearly espicaly me who is now roomateless. Yet thanks to the wonderous internet i have been able to talk to her quite a bit, using Facebook and MSN messenger, since then life has been the same, we all go to work, then come home and do more work, then sleep and get up the next day and do even more work. so yea such is life. If any one wants her e-mail address let me know and i can give it to you.

it was so sweet, when her parent came to pick her up at the airport they had made her a banner that says "oi! Bel" which means "Hi! Bel" in portuguese, they also had matching tee-shirts that said the same thing. i've a picture of it here. Also before she left she wrote some notes on my white boards in my room, one on the big board, then one on the small door board, which we used to write eachother messages or where we where going to be. it made me cry when i read them. hopeing you all the best, see ya!

Graduation!

Yes it is that time of year when all the seniors sigh with great relief, homework is done, finals are no more and the only thing left is to take that long walk into a stiffiling hot gymnasium to sit for hours listing to bad speeches, and even worse music, to only be rewarded by a piece of paper that will only sit on your shelf and collect dust...well it wasn't that horriable, Yes it was really that hot, it was more like a sona then a gym but it was well worth watching our two graduates (jr and bel) as well as tim. Isabel got to walk with her friend Laura C. form Italy, (she leaves tomarow:*( *sniff sniff)) we'll all miss her. Jr. walked with some guy he didn't know but he didn't mind. The speaches this year were at least barable *wink* ...ok they where good. the studendts did a very good job. Thankfuly it didn't rain on us, yet it would have been welcomed after we spent some much time in that sona. :) any way, as tridition stands Gradma Margie took us all out for ice cream after wards and we filled our selfs to the brim. latter that evering tim, matt, and jason came by to play video games which was fun.

in other news I am officaly a YFU volunteer! and am responsible for the flat rock area! So if any one knows any one who is intrested in hosting a forgein exchange student *Please* let me know! we have to have all our kids placed by august and we still have a ton of great ones to choose from, being a rep. means i get to look at all ther documentations so i could see exactly who a person is as well as what they are like. So please tell your family and friends and let me know!!!

on a more depressing note, the count has begun, as of this morning we only 16 more days to be with bel :( *sniff sniff* She is sechduled to leave tuesday June 24 at 10:00am. We have come to know her as family and personaly as my little sister. it will be very hard to see her go. we are planning on having a suprise farewell party for her on Sunday June 22 between church services, i'm sure she'll be happy if you all came out, but there will be more on that latter.

in the medical relm, last tuesday i had my ekg to which i have still heard nothing, and this mornigng i had 2 more MRI's one of my brain (to be safe and rule out MS) as well as one of my mid back, which is where they believe all the issues are. well i've bored you enough for now. talk to y'all latter!