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Going to keep this short; one, because I'm tired, and two, because it was a rather low-key day with not much to report. Which was very nice, for the record.

We slept in late (all the way to 8:00!) and gradually made our way down to the breakfast buffet at our hotel. Then I spent a good chunk of the day with God. Of course, times with God happen over coffee recently, so I ran over to a near-by Starbucks and got a salted caramel mocha decaf coffee. Hey, gotta get it while I can, don't I?

I settled down at a table in an outside seating area of our hotel, because I was tired of freezing in the air conditioning in our room. (Mr. and I have very different ideas on a "comfortable" temperature.) Then I just had some really good quiet time with God. Read a chapter in a book on the sabbath, reflected, journaled. Ended the time by trying to make a reading list of Christian classics to read over our sabbatical year. Quite a hard task!

I know my photo today is a little bizarre, but it was in a little landscaped area near where I was seated. I think it's actually a work in progress, because periodically official-looking people would come out, look at the egg-shaped sphere floating in the lily pond, and engage in lengthy, animated discussions, pointing and shaking their heads.

At about 4:30 we headed to the other side of town to visit some friends. Their hospitality was warm and homey, and we ended up talking for a few hours. It was so nice.

But now we need to get to bed. Mr. leaves at 5 in the morning to catch his flight. I have stitches taken out at 8. And then at 11 I head out to catch my flight. I have never actually traveled internationally alone before. Seriously, I am so spoiled. It's high time I prove to myself that I can do it. But that calls for a good night's sleep first…