And here I go

First, I’d like to give a huge shout out to Daylight Savings Time. Thank you for the extra hour this morning because I needed it more than words can convey.

Second, I want to tell y’all thank you for all your emails, thoughts, and prayers for the upcoming week. They have meant more to me than I can properly articulate. THANK YOU.

Thirdly (Third?), I’d like to thank my bathroom scale for making me think I weighed ten pounds less than I actually do. A sad fact that I discovered this morning when my suitcase actually weighed 56.4 pounds instead of the 46 pounds indicated by my scale. Awesome.

I’m here at the airport waiting to get on a flight to Dallas. From Dallas, I’ll fly to Miami where I’ll meet up with the rest of my team and we’ll head to the Dominican Republic.

Leaving the house this morning went much better than I anticipated. There were no meltdowns and just a few tears, but P texted me 30 seconds later to let me know she was all smiles again.

I got to the airport, checked my 56.4 pound bag and got myself a breakfast quesadilla for breakfast. Oh I wish I’d taken a picture because it was larger than my head. I sat down to check email and eat aforementioned quesadilla when “Sweet Caroline” by the great Neil Diamond began to play on the overhead speakers.

And for a moment I lost my resolve.

But I’m back. Thankfully they switched the Soft Rock to Tejano Classics and it’s hard to be sad while listening to a good salsa beat.

Okay, they’re boarding so I need to run. I’ll report in every time I get a chance.

Also, I didn’t even finish a quarter of the breakfast quesadilla.