Gretchen's View--June 29th: Suitcases Full of Goodies and Nerves

Doug and Elizabeth are being ever patient with me as I give them just a "few more things to take." I went to Staples tonight and bought 420 pens, colored pencils, and composition books, in addition to all of the other goodies we have. Elizabeth bought fabric and embellishments for the composition books at the art store, and if it works out we will cover the journals with the kids so they have their own personal place to write. Then, we will do writing lessons with the students. Elizabeth also packed a beautiful picture book (in addition to a hundred other books) in case we do a reading lesson. I have no idea what to prepare for. We might have a few kids at the OTD house or a classroom full of students somewhere...

As for Doug, he has packed his work gloves, a Leatherman, and a metric tape measure. Once he assesses what the OTD foundation house is in need of, he will get tools there (hopefully). He also bought some mini Leathermans for some of the kids and is hoping to do a building workshop of some sort.

I am a bundle of nerves, which seems foolish. I mean, no matter where we are, we never know what the future will hold.