Almost Time to Go!!

Two days and counting until we leave for Mexico! Right now I'm a nervous Nelly about the details. Is all of the laundry done? Do I have everything on the list??

Evidently I am the biggest dork who follows rules too carefully!! I read the packing list and it specifically said shorts - no shorter than 1 inch above the knee. So - me being me - pulled out the ruler and measured my shorts. First might I say that looking at myself in shorts made me want to gag!!!! But - I found out that my shorts were too short - not Dasiy Duke short, but just not 1" above the knee either. So - like a good little rule follower I went to target and bought a couple of new shorts and dug out old capris to add to the packing. Then when I get to our Mexico meeting last Sunday and confess my concerns I was laughed at. Yes - laughed at! All those "done it befores" said no-one really cares that much about the length of the shorts as long as they aren't too short. Oh well - now I have some new cute bermudas - too bad I will be using them to build cement houses in!!!

My other dilemma is when to say no. We were asked to bring school supplies to leave at the church so I went shopping last week and loaded up. There is also on the list things to bring for the children of the families who we are building houses for - like toys, stuffed animals, balls, etc. We have changed our building location and now are going to be building around a school. So now I want to load up on toys to bring. However - between the school supplies and the traveling supplies (and the new shorts) its getting a little expensive.....So - I settled on bubbles. Bubbles are cool aren't they? I bought several packages of bottles of bubbles. All kids like bubbles right?