Heading to the spa...

It's not very often when a parent departs for an entire year. Told the kids that I was heading to a Mesopotamian spa for a long while. We'll see. I figured it made sense--somehow I won an all expense paid vacation to an historical foreign land, special sand treatments for your skin and teeth (could it possibly be micro-dermabrasion?), mineral baths due to unique substances in the water, and the ever so often exposure to interesting wildlife & critters (camels??? or rather camel spiders???)--all not only free of charge but I'll be getting paid for it!!! ;)

This week has been quite hectic, spent much of it either studying new cultures, aiming at targets, receiving wonderful immunizations, learning how to treat injured folks, or improving my skills at surviving day upon day with limited amounts of sleep (probablyy totaled 10 hours of sleep since last Saturday). Should make for an interesting year. The children started school on Tuesday--their very first day in 'real' school! Not totally sure how it went as phone calls (and sleep) have been few & far between. It's definitely rather odd to not be homeschooling this year. At least we'll be collecting up unique experiences to inject into our curriculum for future years. Enjoy the adventure! I hope to find an opportunity to get back and post to this blog every so often over the next year. Blessings!