At the Airport

Seth's flight left at 6am today. That meant we had to get up at 3:30 and leave the house shortly after 4am. That's always a bit tough when you don't even get to bed until after 1:30am! Then we were so worried we'd sleep through the alarm because we were so exhausted! But we didn't and we made it on time. We had done an online check-in and prepaid for his baggage (which both weighed in at exactly 50 pounds each! phew! I guess all of that rearranging things between the 2 suitcases paid off!). We stood by and watched as he went through security (and subsequently had his shaving cream confiscated from his carry on! Since we were right there, the TSA agent gave us the shaving cream). Then he walked up the stairs, turned to wave at us and then he was gone... It was definitely the saddest ride home ever! It really hit me hard that it would be TWO YEARS until we got to see him again. That's a long time. A very long time! Although it was hard and we cried most of the way home, dad put things into perspective when he said "He's at the Right Place, at the Right Time, doing the Right Thing!"