Adios Guatemala!

This is it, my final blog post from Guatemala. I hope to keep posting from home during our transition. Not sure for how long, but at least for the first few days.

Today we did not have to awake early or be anywhere until our appointment to pick up L's visa at 3:30. So we took it leisurely.

Morning was a slow wake up, followed by breakfast, and a dip in the pool (well, just L and I went to the pool while Glenn enjoyed the jacuzzi tub).

After breakfast, we took a walk around the neighborhood, known as Ciudad Vieja, around the US Embassy.

It's much more residential then just a few blocks away where L and I had been living. It was nice to walk down quiet streets without the roar of traffic and plumes of exhaust.

We returned to the hotel for an early lunch and naptime. L's been much easier to get to nap and sleep at night since Glenn's been here. I don't know if it's because I'm just so much more at ease or what.

We hung around the hotel room and played until about 3 to head over to the Embassy.

At the Embassy, we saw another mother we had met yesterday. She's actually going to be on our flight to Houston tomorrow. We exchanged e-mails and chatted.

At right around 3:30, our name was called and we were given L's visa plus her special packet of documents for Immigration.

After that, we took another brief walk looking for somewhere else to eat besides the hotel. But we were just so tired, we decided just to eat here.

There was some special meeting going on in the banquet room here. Lots of men in suits with drivers and SUVs. Not sure what that was all about.

Bedtime took a while, but L wasn't acting up too much. Just giddy, which is a good thing.

I'm so happy to say "adios," to Guatemala. But despite all it's shortcomings, it is a nice country.

I hope the recent political scandal (involving the murder of a prominent lawyer who video taped a message right before he was murdered blaming his own death on the Guatemalan president) doesn't distabilize this place. It has so much potential to be a great nation.

Our plane takes off around midday tomorrow (Guatemala time). We fly through Houston and arrive in DC late (like at 11 pm).

We will catch up with everyone over the coming week or so -- again, I hope to keep posting at least for the first few days.

We are praying for a safe, uneventful flight back. We will get to see many of you soon - yeah!!