Coming Home

Alan and I have finally learned of our fate after Ghana...well not really our fate but at least we now know when we are leaving and where we are going. It only took 5 months for this fiasco to get sorted out! We couldn't be happier to be going back to Athens, GA next weekend even if Alan doesn't have a job come June 30.  Despite his fantastic work here in Ghana and accolades coming from every which way from his superiors, his company cannot seem to find him a suitable job in the US or abroad in the time frame we needed since his contract comes to an end in Ghana June 30. So we will wind up getting a package from the company, which is not a bad deal at all, they will move us back to the US, and Alan will start searching for his next job and I will explore my next career move! Eli will hopefully get to explore a little half day nursery school and we will be one content little family.  We're so excited to be close to my parents and well...closer to everyone for that matter. We've got suitcases in the middle stages of being packed, we've given away loads of stuff we're not bringing with us, we've collected loads of stuff we are taking back with us, and the movers will come 9am Tuesday morning. Now we've just got to sort out our flights and we will be on our way home...cannot wait to taste all the fruits and vegetables I've not had in 6 months, take walks on sidewalks that are not next to or over open sewers, and most of all for Eli to play outside without the fear of Malaria!! Yeah!!!! Next weekend cannot come soon enough.