Well woudn't you know, not more than a few hours after the last post, we got the call. Actually our agency called KJ at work, and so I got the call a few minutes later, and now you all are getting the latest breaking news within the hour.

So Libby called KJ regarding our timing for traveling to meet our daughter (are you as ready to know as we were?) and told her --- August!

Wow, didn't see that one on the horizon. Is that bad you ask? Or maybe it's good - is it good? Hard to say really. My first thought is just wow. Then I guess my second reaction is a slight sigh of relief that at least she didn't say we should be there next week. But August. In our heads we were always coming home then, not going over.

I think it will be hardest for KJ who has already given notice at work here in Fryeburg that she would stop working there a week or so before our travel dates, and certainly thought that that date was soon. Now the prospect of a fairly complete summer season before we leave will take some mental and emotional psyching up for to stay in the game. It is sort of like expected to graduate in May and then learning you have to go to summer-school to finish - I hear.

Apart from that I suppose in many ways it may turn out to be a good thing. Certainly my stress level already has gone done in the last hour. Well be able to get the house ready for the market and potentially even find a buyer before we leave, and the house in Boothbay will be a done deal, and who knows, we may even find some time to go sailing this summer.

Regardless of the delay, we have been able to get a tremendous amount done in the last two weeks and our efforts now will certainly pay off later as the real date approaches. More Later. Take Care.