Scavenger Hunt, Africa, Christmas

My friend, Mandi, hosted a going away gathering for me yesterday. The lovely lady planned a scavenger hunt for us to do. We separated the teams into boys against girls and did a scavenger hunt around town using only buses for transportation. We lost on bonus points because the guys had twice as many people on their team... but we still had fun. Here are a couple photos from the night... the rest are on Mandi's camera and I will get my hands on them eventually, but for now this will suffice.

Making a pyramid.

I leave in 8 days -- in case you were wondering. This is my last Sunday night at home. It seems unreal to me still. I don't think it will really sink in until I am in Africa... and even then it may be surreal for a while. I am so excited!! I'm not even nervous about anything. It will be incredible!

Being pushed in a shopping cart.

In other news, I undecorated the Christmas tree today. Mock me if you want, but I love Christmas and the tree just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I love when I get out of bed on the mornings I get to sleep a half hour longer than Erik and he has turned the tree on for me. It makes me smile. He is letting me keep the tree up and the lights on until I am gone -- those he can pack away on his own. I am particular about the decorations though so I took those down today. I don't see myself having much time this week.

Stacking store merchandise taller than the tallest person... Security was called on us for this one. Woops.

Other than that not much is going on. I still have a practice exam to make up and a couple practice sheets to write and I am a little nervous about finishing those up. I still have to re-learn the material. It comes back pretty easily, but not easily enough to make up statistic questions on the spot.

I'm off to bed though. I have an emergency birthing class at 0800 and I need my beauty rest! Have a good night.