The Countdown Begins

Dear Colin,

Two weeks. Fourteen days. Can you believe it? That's only ten fingers and four toes.

I do believe this had been the most busy and least productive six months I've had in a long time. I've made a list.

- 6 months
- 4 Internet calling capabilities
- average of 1.6 times a day we get to call, generally face to face (I love technology)
- 8 different states
- 8 different countries
- 1 new guitar
- 1 new oud (rhymes with food)
- only 1 new pair of shoes (so far)
- approximately 60 books read (I know I have missed a few. Or a dozen. I've read a lot of books. Three in one day last week. New personal best.)
- 1 presentation leading to actual adulthood
- 300+ photos at Harry Potter related sites
- only 4 castles (surprising...)







- 3 high teas
- 1 new Christmas tree (surprise!)
- 1 phone that still works after 2 swims in 1 river and 1 shattered screen after falling 1 time in a walmart
- 3 doctors visits
-1 new medication
- feeling approximately 50% better than 1 year ago
- 1 sprained ankle
- 4 weeks of exercising every day (hooray! But followed by two months of lazy book reading and touristing...)
- time with 7 sisters
- 5 beaches
- 5 musicals
- 2 ballets
- 6 art museums
- 1 new set of scriptures
- 5(?) Thanksgiving dinners (did you have two? I had three...)
- 6 pies plus 11 mini pies
- 2 missionary parents







All of it adds up to too long to be away from a husband I love and some 336 hours until you are with me. 1 excited wife.

With 10 days r&r, 3 days Christmas in Berkeley Springs WV, 1 week in Colorado, and 1 week in California to look forward to when you get home. :)

Miss you. Love you. See you.