Last Hours in the US

This past weekend was great! Margaritas, an 80's movie, about a bazillion episodes of That 70's Show, mini golf, and Aurellio's pizza. I couldn't ask for a better weekend! However, to be honest, today was one of the longest days of my life. This whole "goodbye" thing is not my cup of tea. It's never been a stronghold of mine.

I just said goodbye to my dad (he has to work tomorrow so my mom and Brad are taking me to O'Hare). He's pretty much amazing and hilarious! I'm going to miss him so much. He takes the simplest (and sometimes strangest) things in life and makes them thought provoking and comical.

Tomorrow I'll have to say goodbye to my best friend (aka mom). This will be the hardest goodbye for me. I'm dreading it so much. Not talking to her every day is going to be difficult (but thank goodness for Skype and email!). And let me just say, she is pretty devious too. She convinced me to leave Mr. Bear home and together we made a new teddy bear from Build-A-Bear. I haven't slept without Mr. Bear since - well never. However Kris Versteeg (my new bear - named in honor of my favorite Blackhawks player who was traded) is pretty darn cute and cuddly.

On a completely different note - all my bags are packed. No, that's not the word - they are stuffed, respectively weighing 48.8 pounds and 49 pounds. At some point they were both overweight after the final add-ins, but somehow we made it work. My life has condensed to 2 - 50 pound bags. It's not a lot - but if I had more space, I honestly wouldn't know what else to pack.

Tomorrow it's supposed to storm when my flight is scheduled to take off. Pray that the plane gets off in time and the rain holds off (if not - I'm flying solo all the way to Singapore). It's hard to fathom that I'm going to be in an airplane for 30 hours. What does 30 hours in a congested space feel like (I'll let you know).

Thanks for all the support and prayers! Touch base with all of you readers soon!