Wow! Yesterday was hard! The hypothetical fantasy quickly became hardcore reality and for the first time I felt kinda scared. I'm not really afraid of life in NZ (at least not yet) but of leaving life here.  Leaving my friends, family, church, my horses.
My Pete... I'm bringing! The process of preparing a dog for import into New Zealand is insanely complicated. We had actually started his preparation before we had even applied for residence.  I had set aside the paperwork for several months because what is left to be done must be done at specific times before export.
Yesterday we also found out that the locum job Billy was going to do for eight days at the end of the month had been canceled. Now he is ready to leave...NOW! He is like a runaway horse with blinders on, charging, wildeyed, oblivious to the coach he draws behind him!!! He began looking at flights scheduled a week before when we had originally discussed. I am a planner. I need to count down and check off the last days here. Mikaylie, too, took this change of plans particularly hard. Her friends are busy with ball games and other activities and trying to coordinate the schedules of 5 teenage girls is next to impossible.
Today Kaigan and I spent the afternoon at a coffee shop working on his English Literature Class. He MUST complete the courses (Lit. and Grammer) and take the finals before we leave in order to graduate. He got a lot accomplished today and should be able to finish tomorrow. I really treasure this alone time he and I have had as I've helped him with the literature class. We're hoping he can take the finals on Tuesday.
The most concerning issue at present, however, is how long it will take to get our passports back from London with our visas in them.  We would like to purchase our plane tickets but don't need to be stressing over whether our passports get back in time. But we know that God has it all planned out so we just need to relax and let Him continue to work it out.