Oh Sweet Release

Today we bid farewell to our new friends. We saw them off early early this morning, and had the rest of the day off. I took this opportunity to catch up on much of the sleep that I didn't receive during their stay with us. Naps rock the house (in case you didn't know)!!! This day off also allowed me to catch up on some blogging as well as do some laundry... didn't really get to be a tourist this weekend, just a normal 25 year old. But that's okay, being a tourist gets old after awhile =). Tomorrow I have the morning off, will attend church and then prepare myself for the next group which is set to arrive some time tomorrow afternoon/evening- and so the cycle begins again. This will be my first full week group, so for as tired as I was today it will be twice as bad because they are staying a full week as opposed to a half a week. So, prayer warriors, your new mission... Mandie needs good rest for the little sleep I will likely receive as well as the energy and stamina necessary to keep up my Mandie-esque-ness (haha, my new favorite word... how self-centered am I) =)

I would also like to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of you who are making this journey with me via this blog, I guess you could say that this is my way of debriefing my day/week, so I appreciate the fact that you have joined me in this endeavor. I also would like to say how grateful I am that you are praying for me and with me. I guarantee that without your support and love I would fail at this.