December 16, 2010

Over 100.

It has been awhile since Ive written anything. It has been a nutty few weeks! On Saturday following the Thanksgiving holiday my parents drove into town. They had driven to MO for the holiday, and when my family wasn't able to make it out there at the last moment, they decided that since they were already halfway across the country that driving from MO to MD was worth it to visit my family. we were grateful, as we hadn't seen them in about a year. They were here for 3 days and 4 nights before they drove back to Utah.
The weekend immediately following their visit my husbands parents flew into DC for a work Christmas party. They spent the weekend with us and left Sunday.
After the visits, we were ready for life to get back to normal, but unfortunately it was Finals Week at my school. After studying and stressing and neglecting my poor home and family I took my exams, spent the entire next week sick and miserable, but am now back to normal!
The good news is that I am certain that there are over 100 pair of shoes in my garage. I have one army tough-box full, and then several bags full loitering next to our camping gear!
Now, the hard part is figuring out how to get them over to the children! I have found an excellent Point of Contact (P.O.C.), but have yet to determine how to finance the shipments. If anybody has any ideas on how to fund this, I would be open to any suggestions!