sleep.

Nick and I were able to hop a flight into the Dominican Republic this morning. We arrived before noon. We checked into our hotel here in Santiago, walked to a nearby restaurant called Montezuma, grabbed some ice cream on the way home and barely made it back up to the room here before falling asleep. I have been sleeping for the majority of the past 12 hours. I woke up to take a bath at one point. And I woke up at one point to eat after Nick had walked over to McDonalds to get us some dinner. But other than that-- I've just been sleeping. It's SO nice. We're here for tomorrow too and then head back on Saturday as soon as we can hop a flight out of here.

The first few hours here were really nerve-wracking for me. We're on the sixth floor and all I can think about is what happens if there's an earthquake. In fact, every time the air conditioning kicked on, the sound woke me up in a panic. Every now and then I keep thinking I am feeling tremors. I know it's not true. But it's getting better. Still not loving being all the way up here, but I know it's good for me.

Missing my American kids a lot. Missing my Haitian kids too. But I know this break is so necessary. I can feel the rest healing us...