Looking forward to Friday!

Friday is Girls Night Out!!!!
I'm so excited. Dinner and conversation at the Panera Bread and a movie, with my 2 best gal pals. I can't wait.
I'm leaving the husband home with the 3 kids!!!
I'm going to miss my friends here so much. I know that I can keep in touch through e-mail and visits home (can't afford many of those, hopefully they'll come visit me:), but it's just not the same as being here . Not so spontaneous and personal.
There's lots of the "I'm going to miss you so much" thing going on right now.
It makes me very sad and I'm starting to realize how much I'm giving up here to go live in Germany for a few years. I'm going to miss them too!!!! It's nice to know that people care so much for me and value my friendship so much.
I know that Germany will be a great experience. How many people get this kind of opportunity? Or even take it if given the chance? It's just hard to say goodbye to what's familiar and secure to go to the unknown and foreign. (really foreign:)
I could go on and on about what I'm giving up and what I'll be gaining. But I won't bore anyone with all of that. Fact is, I want to go and I'm going. It's not easy, in fact it's very stressful and scary. But along with that is an excitement about seeing something new, experiencing something new, learning something new. It's my choice to do this with an open mind, ready to take this on or sit and be sad about it and what I'm leaving behind. I choose to be open to the new experience.
Trust me, after last year......nothing could compare to that stress and anxiety. This is a breeze. I'm fairly laid back about it all..........the only thing that bothers me is the waiting. Waiting, waiting, waiting.
We are very impatient in America.......it's the gotta have it now syndrome. Things are so easy to get that we don't have patience anymore. I hear it's much more laid back in Germany, so I'm looking forward to that. It's very fast paced here, and I live in Suburbia/border line city.
Well there's just too much to do today.......
Playdate at the library, Volunteer work at the school, and carpet man coming for an estimate later on tonight.
Basement walls are up. Spray painting this weekend, carpet next week. We should be moving stuff back in there and out of our garage by next weekend. I can't wait. I promise to take lots of pictures. The kids are already planning sleepovers in the new family room :)