OK.....so it's hit me this trip is really happening, not that there was a chance it wouldn't, but now it's upon us like a heavy cloud full of rain. The last few weeks are a blur, the next few days are threatening to overtake me. All the lists I've created are getting out of hand at this point.......put a hold on the mail.......check.......confirm reservation for the dogs at the kennel......check.......pick up anti-biotics for all of us (just in case)......check.........arrange for neighbor to water plants....check......make arrangements for my daughter's best friend to come by for kitty liter duty....check.....buy small sized personal care items.......check.......clean out refrigerator....check........freak out a little each day.........double check........read up on "squat toilets" in China.....check.......WHAT?....oh yes, bathrooms will be a challenge beyond our hotel.......(comfort zone being busted as I write) and on and on. It's funny how your mind, or at least the way my mind is wired, will choose not to look at the enormity of a trip like this until it's right upon me. I'm a great believer in, "All shall be well", yet this trip, to this far away land, with all it's potential difficulties to navigate, is forcing me to fly on faith now. Getting nearly seventy students through the various airports without incident will be a beautiful thing. Having to not face any delays would be a miraculous thing....indeed. But, after all are checked in and scanned and have had air puffed over their bodies and we're all waiting to board for the final leg of the journey, I will utter a prayer of thanks, even as I feel like I'm stepping off a cliff when we take off from San Fransisco.......I'll just have to let it all go, let it all be, know that all will be well. And so it is......
Next report on the day before we leave....see you then.....
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