mexican prison ain't all it's cracked up to be

as all three of my regulars know, i was pretty excited about going to mexican prison. little did i know that the folks who run the mexican prison were less than organized. i had it all planned. they were coming to my office, arresting me and i would cause a major scene. i put it on the company calendar so even the co-workers had plans to bring cameras, etc. but 30 minutes after i thought they were coming to get me and no one had yet arrived i called. oh, there's been a mix up. we thought you were turning yourself in. oh, um. ok. and then, me still being at work, i got caught in an unplanned conference call. . . underwhelming, no?

i did make it out to prison eventually. two hours later than i had thought. they did feed me some mexican food, what was left anyway. met an interesting guy who does work for miracle ear. i resisted the urge to pretend i couldn't hear him very well, causing him to repeat himself repeatedly. i was even going to put down all the things we did with the money raised. but, again, my father-in-law is passed out in my room and i don't want to disturb him to dig the stuff up. it works out to something like 20 or 30 flu shots. or, 4 screen tests, or 1.5 therapy sessions, or we managed to get a kid on the bus, to the camp, but they can't get off the bus.

so, it was for a good cause. good was done. i was told we did raise a good amount. so you all should feel proud of yourself. but i really am more excited about the orphanage project in cambodia our group here is working toward. there is a link to the right. you can go there right now and help out, too!! i'll put more info on there as soon as i can.

no new news on Joy. our visas have arrived. we're one step closer to leaving but still have no idea when we're going. it's driving me just a little crazy.