Toby's Flying Solo...Well, Actually Brittany Is

Today, Brittany is faced with a long 3 and a half hour bus ride to spend the night in Antigua...alone. Tomorrow around noon she departs for "home" or at least what used to be, to Portland, Oregon to attend the memorial service of her grandmother, the late Nancy Snow. Many thanks go to her father Andrew Kaza, who without hesitating helped us send Brittany home by buying her a plane ticket back to Oregon. Without the assistance we would have been forced to spend a large amount of our remaining financial resources. This event is on track to be one of the largest gatherings of the Kaza family in recent history with relatives flying in from Vermont, England, California, Texas, and of course, Guatemala. All of Grandma Snow's children and grandchildren will be at the memorial service which will be held at the First Unitarian Church of Portland. Of course Brittany is also looking forward to spending some valuable time with friends and family, taking advantage of some of our favorite Happy Hours and restaurants, drinking plenty of coffee from Stumptown, Dutch Bros, and Coffee Rush, along with visiting our favorite grocery store New Seasons and lapping up the great Portland microbrews again. This is also great timing to pick up a few needed things including LSAT Study Guides and some firefighting safety gear for Toby, along with some of Brittany's favorite foods that we don't have here (pretzels, chocolate, etc) and some things for our new kitty Nieve, like toys, treats, and Frontline for flea protection. Duty free in the Guatemalan Airport is also sure to be a stopping point with 5 dollar Stoli Vodka being just too good to pass up.

The 10 day trip is sure to include times of reminiscence, love, friendship, relaxation, and probably a little gluttony. Unfortunately there will also some anxiety as Brittany has somewhat of a fear of flying. The recent plane crash in Brazil couldn't have came at a worse time for her psyche as she prepares to flyout for home. Hopefully the thought of friends and family meeting her at her final destination tomorrow will calm her nerves.

Toby and Nieve love you and will miss you!!!