2008

Today is the present

Tomorrow a gift

One day at a time sweet Jesus...

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a cold night

My toes were frozen, my fingers were frozen, my nose was frozen and the rest was of me was hovering at a mere few degrees above freezing. Trying my best to stay warm under a five year old boy's extra jacket, I feel like strangling one of my three companions who are snoring away next to me. Yes, I distinctly remember telling them DON'T get the airconditioned bus! Nights here are cold. We don't need airconditioning. But no, the seats don't recline in non-airconditioned busses...
Well the seats reclined all right. Kind of like reclining in a walk in freezer.
I look at my watch, 2 a.m. Great, only six more hours...
Christmas in Columbia. My three month entry visa into Venezuela expires Christmas day. So I get an all-expences-paid trip to Elizabeth's home in Bucaramunga. Can't beat that. Even if the bus was sub-zero temperatures, beggars can't be choosers right?
Elizabeth really has quite the family. Earlier this week we took a trip into the mountains with two of her sisters and a brother-in-law to do a level four, white water rafting trip, and guess who got to be in the very front of the raft...
This Christmas I traded carols and hot chocolate for drenching, icy-cold white water rafting. Life holds a lot of suprises.
So think of me as you sit around the tree singing carols and gazing at the brown paper packages all tied up with strings...
As for me, 'I'll be Home For Christmas...if only in my dreams...'

Merry Christmas!

Guess what? Anybody sho feels so inclined can send a package to the following address between December 30 and January 14th and the Restrepo's will bring it to me! Yay!
Ingrid Fernandez
C/O Giovanna
6744 Magnolia Point Circle
Orlando FL 32810