Morning came WAY too fast! Mikaylie was picked up at 6:30am by her friend's mom for a "Last Breakfast" with her 4 best friends at Cracker Barrel. Nick brought her back to the hotel before he went on to school. I can't imagine the goodbyes between Nick and Mikaylie. They've been dating nearly 2 years and he is definitely a "keeper". I'll miss him nearly as much as Mikaylie!
Mikaylie was back on little kid duty while I went to the dentist for one last check of my tooth problem. Come to think of it, I've not posted about this I think. In a nutshell: for reasons not really known to dentists, my tooth was reabsorbing itself. MY FRONT TOP TOOTH! Anyway, after two root canals, all seems to be fine. I then headed back to the house to help Billy finish packing, loading our belongings and clean the house. Billy had done a fantastic job! We wrapped up the house, again with the help of Cindy, and by noon we were pulling out. One friend, Patty, came by and took all our "donation pile" with her and Anne took me to get my driver's license renewed (the photo a vivid reminder of the state of the day!!!). We picked up the kids from the hotel, grabbed fast food lunch and bid Somerset farewell; Billy in the rental truck with Kaigan and Pete and me in an SUV with the other five kiddos.
The drive was long and boring. Thankfully the SUV had a TV/DVD so the kids were terrific. This left me lots of time to think and ponder the enormity of our state. Mikaylie must have been doing the same, as I glanced over at her a couple times and saw tears running down her checks. The worst part, however, was when Nani, tired and uncomfortable, cried, "I just wanna go home!" Broke my heart! Home is now over 7000 miles away.
Spent the next 2 days repacking and eating...literally! My poor mom's house looks like a hurricane blew through! Suitcases, footlockers, and piles of folded clothes are strune all around. Still 2 bags over the allowed limit but... Clearly the rule makers never moved a family of 8 halfway around the world! Finally, yesterday we visit some dear friends and family. Goodbyes to friends and family members that you don't see often isn't near as difficult as those in your everyday life. But we'll miss them just the same. I just hope even a quarter of those who say they will visit, actually will.
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