Over the Atlantic

I am writing this blog entry on the plane from Houston to London. The past 6 hours have been pretty emotional. Nora and the kids came up from Houston. I got lucky and was able to get the hotel front desk to give me a room to myself so Nora and the kids stayed with me. We had a good time. But it seemed to go by so fast. Before I knew it, the morning came and I had to get to my morning meetings. I let the kids sleep in. Nora was going to to meet me later to say goodbye.

The morning meetings were pretty boring, going over our travel plans and itinerary. I was able to sneak away so Nora could pick me up for lunch before I had to be back to board the shuttle for the airpot. So we went to lunch at Whataburger and took lots of pictures. It was hard to contain myself but I don't think Nora or the kids knew how much this was affecting me.

So as I drove back, I found out that we could get our own ride to the airport, so i quickly yanked my stuff from the shuttle and hopped back in the Armada. I was ecstatic! This would be easier for Jon-Gabriel to understand.....that Daddy was getting on a plane, rather than just dropping me off.

We got to the airport and I just hung out with everyone........but of course I knew what was coming.......

And sure enough, we had Kleenex everywhere. That was tough, because we all knew (except for Jon-Gabriel) that we wouldn't see each other for 4 months.

When it was time for me to leave, I tried to make things light by pretending I was an airplane. Everyone laughed at me as I went through the line at security check, especially Annalisa and Jon-Gabriel. I had the whole thing goin' complete with sound effects and swirling around. Other people must have thought I was crazy but I really didn't care. This was for my family.

So I had more emotional situations when I talked to my mom, my dad, and my brother. I had to keep my sunglasses on to hide my red eyes and the tears. I still get choked up thinking about the last few hours before I left Houston..................

More later............