ah, to be 7 again

No, not really. I don't want to be 7 again. Just to make that clear.

I talked with Keita tonight. She recently moved from Stuttgart, Germany to a suburb of Alexandria, VA, where she bought her first home. Her daughter, Alexis, is still over in Germany with Damon, who's finishing up his military assignment. Alexis will join Keita in Virginia as soon as she's in the house at the end of November.

Talking to Alexis on the phone, Keita tells her to start thinking about how she wants to decorate her new room. Keita's thinking some kind of flower or animal theme, even Barbie, but she is not prepared for Alexis's response. Since she's coming back to America, Lexi says, she thinks she'd like to decorate her room with the American flag.

Keita: Okay, well, you've still got lots of time to decide before you get here.