T minus 10 hours

At approximately 6 am tomorrow I'm all set to depart for Miami and then to Bmore and then to NJ for the wedding!!! I am highly looking forward to family, my car, Messiah friends, FOOD, and fall weather. I'm a little sad to be leaving everyone, however let's get real and remember that it's only 5 days.

Continuing my description of everyone...

Next door there is a large structure. The Dominican people who own said structure live upstairs, and rent out two side rooms and the downstairs apartment. One of the side rooms is rented by:

Susan: 50s, teaches PK3. Has been teaching for a long time, but also has some great stories about playing in marching bands in Poland. She is from North Carolina.

Mike: Rents the other room, 40s or 50s. Orginally from Florida, his family is in Minnesota where his wife is working on her doctorate and his two sons go to college. He was in the army for a long time, then chose to come down here for a bit.

Stanleys: Main ground level apartment. '05 grads of Houghton College (Yea!), Tim is from NY and Laura is from Minnesota. He teaches HS Bible and she teaches 5th grade. They are fantastic and often have us over for evening work and movie parties.

The other house of girls may have to wait until I get back. (Don't be angry, Brew.) But they're some of the best, of course.

Here's a picture of Tim and Laura, with a visiting friend on the right. This is after our trek up the 27 waterfalls!