Almost 8 days to go

The past couple of nights I have stayed up getting things done. Some of what I have been doing is researching airline tickets, answering emails or paying bills. Last night I found myself waiting until after midnight to close done the computer. I am one of those people that likes to see the odometer on my car change from one number to something grand like 20,000 miles. I always think how amazing that I saw this happen. Crazy I know.

But last night I watched as my count down ticker switched from 10 until departure to 9 days and tonight it will inch even closer. I am finding it very hard to contain my excitement. I have so many things to get done and yet I am having a hard time concentrating. I have a few things to do still in her room and a very busy schedule. I had hoped to get more done this past weekend but honestly it was a washout of nerves and fears.

Now that I seem to have that under control I know that I will get everything that I need to get done finished before I leave on Friday (July 24). I have 4 nights off before I leave and if we are not busy at work I am going to volunteer to be on call. Who knows I might get lucky and get an extra night off.

I just can not believe this is happening. I sometimes have to remind myself that soon I will not be able to sleep until noon, which is perfectly acceptable when you work at night. I will have to plan out meals too. Believe it or not these are the things that I am looking forward to doing. My life is changing and I could not be happier. I know that there may be rough patches along the way but I am sure that I will be able to weather the storm so to speak.

I am closing one chapter of my life and opening a new one.