Abuzz

Well, dear readers, you don't seem to have much confidence in us being on the road before 8:00 a.m. That's okay. Honestly, I (the mom) don't either. But we can have our ambitions.

Yoni and Daniel are experiencing normal mood swings under the circumstances. They are sooo excited about going ("Are we leaving tomorrow? The day after that? When are we leaving?") but they are sad about the things they will miss at school, too. Or at least they are sad about missing a field trip and their friends.

We could be gone as long as three weeks all told, including travel time, and that seems like forever to kids whose ages are still in the single digits. (It also seems like forever to spouses who haven't been apart from each other for more than a week during their 22 years together, but that's another story.) Thank goodness for technology!

Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the Big Packing Day after school and with it, saying goodbye (albeit temporarily) to friends and classmates. And Abba (Dad). It will be an emotional day and I suspect none of us will sleep well tomorrow night.

Which could mean a very late start. Or, with the benefit of secondary insomnia, it could mean a very early start. We shall see.