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Today was a really good day. I was able to have final goodbyes with various people and enjoy Leanna all evening while Nathan worked. The day started off kinda rough though, because Toby (the dog of Nathan's parents) is scared of storms and a storm was going on at midnight...so I had pity and brought him to my "room"/computer room/tv room/basement. I went to bed around 1ish and couldn't really have the good sleep until after 4:30 or so when I finally kicked Toby out and back into his kennel (no real kicking was done though and no dog was harmed in the process!). Then I went back to sleep for another 4ish hours...ahhh...I hope the storm that we had earlier has truly passed and Toby is quiet for the rest of the night!
Laura Laird picked me up at 9:30 and we took Toby for a 3 mile walk and enjoyed each other's company - the first and last time that we will see each other this summer. Sad! After coming back and skyping for a short bit, my long-time friend, Vonne, came and we went out to lunch. We wanted to return to the restaurant where we went the first time we hung out about 3 years ago, unfortunately though the restaurant is in the process of rennovating! We were sooo bummed, but we did finally come up with another place to satifsy our palates.
Tonight, Leanna and I decided to stay home and enjoy a relaxing night, since my time with her is limited. It's so sad to think I will have to do without my sisters again for the next year or so .... oh the downside of living overseas ... BUT I am soooo thankful for this time that we have had together! Love you girls sooo much!

So here are my bullets of GST for the 145th day of Grace in the Small Things:
- 3 mile walk with Laura and Toby
- wraps with Vonne at Macado's
- chilling with Leanna
- good friends
- comfy pants to chill in

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