the ayars affairs

Matt had a great birthday yesterday...Only one birthday present came in time, but it was his big gift from his parents and my dad, so he was thrilled! We ate special food and he played his new keyboard almost all day. I ordered in apples from Florida and made him an apple pie with homemade vanilla ice cream for his birthday "cake" (had to have been the most expensive apple pie ever :).

We'll just to have his birthday again whenever he gets back with all the rest of his gifts! (If they come in in the next two weeks, that is!)

It was a great day, and now he is off! He's supposed to arrive in Florida around 2, and then will go on to Mississippi Monday afternoon. Please be praying for him as he travels, and as he digests a lot of information these next weeks and does a lot of course work. We realized last night that we haven't been a part for 2 weeks since we got married, so neither of us are particularly looking forward to that!

On a good note, however, we have heard rumors of a "makeshift" road having been set up between here and Port. Not only does this mean that food will stop rising in price and that gas may become available again, it also means that our truck, paid for but stranded down south, might be able to make the trip in the coming week or two! Now THAT would be a good birthday present for Matt to come back to!

The other good news is that Jake, the 6 year-old who lives behind us, valiantly promised this morning to take good care of me while Matt is gone!