Servas Success

Good news. With only 47 days to go on our Countdown Clock (yikes!), we are now officially members of Servas. We had a 75-minute interview last night with a designated Servas volunteer here in Ottawa, and she deemed us to be sufficiently acceptable to be welcomed into the fold. I must say the boys were exceptionally well-behaved, notwithstanding Jackson's occasional tendency to slide off her couch and sprawl spread-eagled on her living room carpet. It was pretty boring for Jackson but Mitchell surprised us with a few excellent questions that he tossed the volunteer's way. At one point, she said something about him taking over her job. That's quite okay, we have enough on our plates right now. What happens now is another volunteer will send us the "host lists" for the countries we're planning to visit and we can gradually start contacting local families for potential homestays. Bye for now.