It hit me Sunday evening while we were driving home from Arkansas that I had exactly 2 weeks to get all of our stuff together for when the movers come to pack us up for Saudi. I spent 2 long, exhausting days shopping and spending lots of money making sure we have all of our "necessities. Basically, I walked up and down every single aisle of Walmart and thought to myself, "If I've ever bought it before, I was buying 4 of them now", and that's what I did. I realize that I may have gone overboard, however, in order to help make this transition easy, I decided I wanted to have some of my regular stuff. I'm hoping that I have enough items to last us until our first trip home/or second trip and then refill a suitcase and bring more stuff. Also, I'm sure some of these items they have over in Saudi, but just in case. Like, I wanted decorative bandaids for Gavin to have when he scrapes up his knees so I bought 4 boxes of them. I love my loofas when taking a shower so I got 10 of them. I'm obsessed with Q-tips (it's a little weird, I know) but I probably use 10-20 a day, so I loaded up on those! I also thought ahead and got items that we may need in the future, but not right now.
I went to Sam's as part of my shopping spree and purchased larger quantities of needed items that we use! Diapers, wipes, decaffeinated tea, goldfish, mac and cheese, ranch, chocolate nesquik (for Gavin), and lots of spices.
Yesterday, I also went and picked up an abaya at a store downtown. This will be the outfit I wear when I'm walking around the city, going grocery shopping, going to markets, restaurants, hospitals, anywhere except on our compound. What do you think? It's really not that bad to wear, although I'm not wearing it in 117 degree weather right now. I'm also excited that it has a little bit of pink on it. Now, just so you know, the head covering I'm wearing in this first picture is something we were told we had to wear, but now that families are living there, they haven't had to wear them at all. The scarf came with my abaya and we are told to keep it on us at all times, incase one of the religious "police" ask us to put it on.
Otherwise, I'll be wearing just the abaya.
Tonight, at bible study, our small group surprised Brooks and I and instead of discussing this weeks chapter in our book, Sacred Marriage, they compiled a book of letters together for us. They shared their letters with us and gave us some encouraging words. We shed some tears and had some laughs. They are such a special group of people who we love and adore and our lives have been touched by them in so many ways. We decided tonight, we weren't going to say "goodbye" to each other, rather we'd say, "see you later!" I like that idea! We love you guys! Thanks again for blessing us and for praying over our move, the transition, and for our hearts to be prepared as much as possible.
1 comment:
I'm delurking to tell you that this post has me all teary eyed! I can't imagine not having exactly what you want when you want - down to a character bandaid! Good for you for thinking of all these "necessities". You are so brave and full of pioneer spirit to be moving so far way. No doubt it will be an enriching experience for your entire family! Good luck with this part of the move!
BTW, you look great in your new "wadrobe".
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