HALF WAY

Yesterday we had a great day. We are moving today to our new place and amidst all the packing we got the email. THE EMAIL! The email that reports Ben's grades for the semester. We were both filled with relief, happiness and gratitude to see that he passed 2nd semester. This semester was hard. Ben studied long, long hours. We were stressed out of our minds several times. We said lots of prayers. He has officially and successfully completed year 1 of medical school! We are now on the downhill stretch of our time on the island, 2 semesters down 2 to go. We just couldn't be more thrilled.

Today we are moving. Every other time I've moved to a new place there has been this small twinge of sadness in me (or big twinge, depending on the move) at leaving the old place with all it's memories and neighbors we loved. This time I feel none of that, for a few reasons. The only regret I have about this move is that we didn't do it sooner. The new place is much nicer, newer, cheaper, closer to campus, more spacious, has American electrical outlets and a full size oven. It's a dream here in Dominica. It's not too far away from where we used to live, so I can still see my neighbor all the time. Basically there is no downside. (Besides that it is a one bedroom apartment, not quite sure yet how that is going to go) We are ecstatic about the move- I'll post pictures once we are in the new place!