This is the negative effect on my camera phone. 

So today, I had so much to do, I studied my WT for the next 3 weeks... this week, for Sunday, next weeks because we will be going to the Special Assembly Day, and I don't know if I will have enough time during the week.  And for the weekend we come back home.  With my WT done, then I won't feel overwhelmed in my studying if I can't get it all done.  I will still have other meetings to study for but at least I will feel like I'm not so far behind.  Plus I know how I get when I am tired.

I also got a couple hours in the ministry in.  So that was really nice.  I will put a couple more hours in tomorrow so I will have 8 hours.  Then when we go in service while we are gone, I should have at least 10 hours if not a little more than that.  So I am so happy about that.

Steph & I colored our hair today.  So that by the time we are on the plane we won't be super stinky.  We also are almost totally packed.  I think I am all packed, but the girls have a few things in the laundry and then they will be done too.  I am packing one separate bag for what we are going to wear when we leave.  then Sunday/Monday we can just send our dirty clothes home with EO and we won't have to mess with our bags that we have packed for CA. 

What else?  I feel like I have been running all day.  I sort of have.putting hours into studying and service, and packing.  I am bushed and my back is killing me.  I think I am going to need some extra meds tonight.  Getting so much done, I won't have so much I have to do then tomorrow, which will be really nice.  I just have to get a few recipes put together for stuff we are going to make while we are out there and we will be set. I hope I don't forget the recipes. 

I don't know that I will be posting anything on here while I am gone.  I just don't know how I will be feeling and what kind of time I will have.  So I hope I don't forget too much.  Maybe I should bring a journal?  Well I will try to take a lot of pictures at least.  Steph says that constantly, that we have to take a ton of pictures.  Lauren has her new camera, I will have my old camera and my camera phone.  I don't know if Steph is taking her camera. 

Poor EO is still sick.  :(  Steph is too, but Steph doesn't seem to be as debilitated as EO is.  He just aches all over and can't seem to stay awake.  He takes 2 or 3 naps a day, cause at night he is up coughing and hacking.  Poor B.  Hope he gets feeling better really soon.