I should be in bed right now preparing for an early wake up time, but I'm too nervous to sleep. My girl goes on a big adventure and we, as parents, send our oldest child a state and a district away in the care of people who are not family members. After seeing the itinerary and hearing how the whole operation is carried out, we have no reason to feel anything other than excitement for the experience that lies ahead. And yet....yet I feel scared to death. Not only because she is going several hours away without us, but she has reached another milestone in the ever quickly passing timeline of her fleeting childhood. The Washington DC trip for safety patrols signifies the official end of elementary school and the beginning of the next big chapter of their lives...middle school. She gets to experience so many things in the next few days and we can't wait to hear about every one! The hub is going to take her in the morning. I want to go, but we realize that brother and sister will not handle the goodbye or the early drop off in the best of ways. The tears from them at prayer time were just confirmation that we had made the correct decision. Those kids can scrap with the best, but while they fight hard they love hard, too.
So while some of you are stil slumbering, we will be up and ready to get the girl on her way to adventure. Let's hope I can get rid of the bleary eyes enough to give her a good French braid for the trip. Prayers for travel mercies appreciated.
The safeties take DC...sounds like a show on Bravo. I'd watch it.
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