things we can't wait to do/see in argentina

in the packing of the day the girls and I talked about things we want to do/see in Argentina...

in no particular order:

1.  eat meat everyday in some form (my oldest loves her meat)
2.  see the Pope
3.  fish in a pond
4.  ride a bike somewhere every day
5.  see the inside of the Casa Rosada (we only saw the outside on our visit)
6.  ride the subway a lot.. (my youngest loved, loved, loved the subway)
7.  visit Uruguay
8.  take a cruise to see penguins in Antarctica
9.  eat medilunas everyday for 3 pm snack
10.  learn how to play field hockey
11.  tango


:D

10 months....

it is hard to imagine that it has been 10 months since we made the decision as a family to move to Argentina.  since then my husband has been home maybe 5 weeks, a whole school year has gone by, I have worked a job I swore I was leaving immediately and I have learned not a single stitch of Spanish.

when we first found out I did everything to prepare.... I was 100% ready.. and then the dreaded paperwork and general slowness of my husbands company came into play and month after month we heard 'soon' but we didn't move..

now we have a tentative move date, a house in Argentina rented, school is almost out, I am finally free of my job and I still know no more Spanish than I did 10 months ago (or maybe a little)..

today the kids and I packed up my husbands closet and slowly and steady we are going drawer by drawer, closet by closet weeding out what we won't store while we are away. I am constantly reminding the girls we will find a way to take what is important, give away what isn't, and store a memory needed for when we come home..

10 months ago I was ready..

today I was gently reminded by my tears that being ready was 10 months ago...