Two months until we embark in Boston!

I just noticed the date and can hardly believe that we are 2 months out from our grand departure to see the world (or a large chunk of it anyway). Ghana visa's are in the passports, the Indian embassy is receiving our applications as I type which only leaves China. I will be very relieved to have those taken care of in addition to all of the homeschooling forms and curriculum descriptions turned into the City of Charlottesville!

I have had many questions about what we are doing after leaving Charlottesville on July 5 until boarding the SAS ship in addition to confusion regarding the rest of our year away, so a brief description of our next 11-12 months follows:
--July will be spent in Winston-Salem (Old Salem actually). Louis is teaching the summer fellows at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) and they are housing us for the month. We also have a week in Charleston due to the field excursion part of the class.
--in August we are visiting family and friends, ending in Arcola, VA at my brother's house where we'll house our van and then take the train to Boston to board the ship
--December 13 we debark (yes, this is apparently a word) in Ft. Lauderdale Florida and will likely train to Virginia to pick up our van, see a new neice/nephew, then spend Christmas in Charlotte, NC.
--December into January we will visit with family and friends ending in Norfolk for a wedding (Louis' step-brother, Zach, and Emily)
--mid-January through mid-June we will be in Oxford, England!

While we are sad to leave our dear friends in Charlottesville we are excited to start our adventures. (Truly, we WILL be back, we have rented our house for the year if that helps assure anyone that we intend to return.) The year will certainly fly for all of us, as time seems to be doing of late anyway. Whenever we are in the States, we are available by pre-paid cell phone (434-906-0566) so please call.

Cheers!