Matthew packed and ready to roll...a whole day early!
There have been lots of requests about info for Matt's Italy tour with the ICC from those of you who enjoy following along with the tour each year...if you would like to see the itinerary, please email me and I will send it via email attachment to you. It includes the ICC site that is hosting the photos of the trip as they go along as well as the ICC hotline number you can call if you want to listen to daily blurbs about what they saw and did that day. Prayers appreciated for the safety and well-being of the 83 singers, 14 chaperones, two choir directors, and all the musicians and staff members accompanying them...105 people in all. What an opportunity for Matthew...he is very excited!
Have you heard the adage "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, but teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime?" Well, all these years of packing for swim meets and choir trips have finally paid off. Last evening (a full day before said suitcases needed to be packed), Matt and Mark got everything packed and ready to go with very little assistance from me (and what they got, they in truth probably didn't need...LOL). The suitcases came out: the clothing all piled in one area, the incidentals in another, the 2 gallon baggies and sharpie marker ready at hand, and within a very short time, everything was labeled, everything was in baggies for each day (marked accordingly), all the suitcases were zipped closed, and now everything stands at the ready by the door. How much greater can it get than this? Eleven days worth packed in no time at all! And, all I did the entire time was bake chocolate chip cookies and wash and slice fruit for snacks. What a deal! I am working myself out of a job daily. (Well, maybe not...let's face it, if this had been Alex, chaos would have reigned at some point...he is still a work in progress, so I am sure I can still feel needed for a couple more years yet.)