Triumphant titer test!

My phone rang and it was the vet.  I got goosebumps and my stomach dropped.  But the news was good, NESS PASSED HER RABIES TITER TEST!  My vet was over the moon being able to give me the good news.

I just finished making my phone calls (Guy, my parents, those currently taking care of Ness, my pet transporter) and now I have some permits to work on.  I am so happy.  There is so much work to get done.

Thank you for all for the well wishes.  It worked!  Now I can get onto more pressing matters.  I move in less than a week.  My bags are mostly packed.  My apartment is becoming more and more barren.  Tomorrow is my last day of work.  I have many more goodbye hugs to savor.

Happy tears

It all started with a proclamation

 

Then I had the best day ever.  What did I experience?  All my favorites:  popcorn, kiwi's, fritos, salami.  I had grade levels sing to me which touched my heart more than I ever thought I could experience.  Second grade moved me to tears and I will never be able to forget it.  Kindergarten sang me their "Ivy Leaf" song which is filled with memories from all the years gone by.  Fifth grade sang a rousing rendition of "Happy Miss Pattison Day" which made me smile from ear to ear.  I was serenaded by a band a of teachers and 7th graders.  I collected handmade cards from numerous kids as well as getting post-it notes back to myself.  I hugged more kids than I ever could have dreamed.  Some children hugged me multiple times.  My desk was covered with flowers of all kinds.  I got chocolate.  So much dark chocolate.  I had the amazing gift of NZ money so I can have a drink in the Auckland airport bar.  And the parents... showed me such gratitude via my Paypal widget I cannot even comprehend the love.  How do I repay a community that loves me so dearly?  So throughly?  So wonderfully?  I cannot.  I am blessed to have these people in my life.  My heart swells to limits I never knew about.  

Needless to say that I cried all day.  They were happy tears.  To feel as loved as I felt today is amazing and indescribable (I want to cry just typing this out).  I love my Day School families.  I love my Day School kids.  If I wasn't so excited about my upcoming NZ experience, I might want to stay.  I know I am young but now I know what it feels like to be apart of the biggest family you could ever dream of.  To know I can always come back and see them makes this "goodbye" that much easier. 

                        

I have so many people to thank for today.  They know who they are.  June 7th, 2013 will forever be one of my better days ever.  I love everyone and everything.  Thank you for today.  Thank you all for everything.  I couldn't have asked for anything more.  I look forward to having a NZ refrigerator filled with child artwork and memories!

Let the goodbyes begin

This morning I said my frist true goodbye.

A friend, who I have known for 13 years, got on a bus and went back to Davis while I stood at the bus stop with tears in my eyes.  We spent a wonderful afternoon chatting, bar hopping, eating too much, then meeting up with his lady and roommate.  Together we drank and laughed and remembered why we are friends.  This is the first of many heartfelt goodbyes.  There are many more on the horizon.

AMP and AMC