Monday, Jan. 7, 2008

Hello everyone. Here are some cute pictures from our visit today, I tried to download 4 pictures, not sure if it will let me. As you can see, our little ham is back to his old self. We got lots of great pictures and videos today. Having him back to being healthy and happy will make leaving on Wednesday a whole lot easier. Wayne has made me promise, when we leave our visit tomorrow that we will leave with smiles on our faces. He doesn't want Zeb's last memory of us to be sad, so I'm going to try my best not to cry. I really think I will be OK until we get on the plane Wednesday morning that is when it will hit me that we won't be going back for a visit and that we will not get to see him until he lands in Memphis sometime in March. Let's pray for a quick court date (which is usually a month), because then it will take another month before we can get him home. Let's also pray that God will keep him healthy, he rebounded pretty quickly this time.
I will have to say that is place looks like a winter wonderland today. There was a light snow last night and it just made everything look so beautiful, really like something out of a movie. I will not miss the cold and snow though, our great family keeps reminding us that Arkansas is having spring like tempatures, I would like to thank them for always keeping us informed. For my office mate, Becky, you would really be proud of me, I have not griped about the weather here or even been grumpy because of it. I have actually enjoyed our afternoon walks. Now that does not mean I won't be cold once I get back to my routine, so don't get too excited. I also have to say we have been gone from home for 17 days now, but it really doesn't seem like it. It doesn't seem like we are half way around the world from home, well until you go outside and hear everyone talking.
Here is a great Wayne story, I know my goal was to tell a good Wayne story daily, but since he does read these posts and I have to live with him here by myself, I have decided to take it easy on him. So here is a good one. As most of you know, Wayne has "the Gout", which is a disability without his medicine. As we were in the Memphis airport waiting on the plane, he says to me "I forgot my gout medicine", really a panic came over me. I was thinking there is no way he can make it 3 weeks without his medicine and if he gets a flare up I'm not sure what to do or what will happen. I mean I was about to freak out, we have been on a trip before where he ate something he shouldn't have, didn't have his medicine and we had to come home the next day because of it. It really does happen that quickly for him and we are going to a country where we have no idea what kind of meat they have. As we were sitting at dinner tonight, Wayne asks how many days we have been away from home, I say 17 why? He says you know I have had chicken to eat everyday except one. Bless his heart, no red meat or alcohol at all, those automatically bring on a flare up, so when he gets home he probably won't eat chicken for a month. He says he will remember his gout medicine next time so he can at least eat something besides chicken, he actually wants to try some of the other meats here. I also have to say, he did have bacon and eggs again, but this time he asked for his eggs to be scrambled and the bacon well done, much better!!!
Needless to say, we will be glad to get home on Wednesday, thank you for following along on our journey with us, each and everyone of you has a special place in our hearts and will also have a special place in Zeb's. Since I can't post all the pictures I wanted to, you can go to the web album and see some more. I will also try to post some videos, but will probably do that in the middle of the night since it takes so long. Love, Crystal