Bon Voyage

 Ok, it's 5am and I am up. Shhh. We must be ever so quiet not to wake the clan. Today is travel day!

To get to this point was such a journey. To be fair it was just the last week of my life that was a journey. The stress I put my body through to go away is crazy, and for what? It's not like I can change the outcome of the unknown on the other end. Or maybe it's a feeling that I didn't earn this and I am an imposter.

As this is a common occurrence when my life leads up to travel, I booked myself several appointments, you know, being proactive and all! I saw a massage therapist, chiropractor, physiotherapist, and a Chinese Medicine doctor. As I write this, it sounds completely ridiculous. But I knew that already. What battle seriously goes on in my head that I cause my muscles and bones to tense up and shift where they are not suppose to? 

My shoulder and neck muscles were extremely tight, my quads ached, my hips tilted and shifted so that every step I took their would be aching, ringing pain in my knees and then I had to take the day off before my vacation just to calm the F down. Wow! Where does this come from?

Cleary I need a better process. How can I better my mind and thought process so this doesn't keep happening? Well I do not know the answer to this, no revelations have come to me while posting. 

Back to the clan. It's now 5:30am and the husband is awake. Ready for Travel day. I'm not so sure he is excited or what he is feeling. Actually, you never can quite tell. For the most part he is even keeled. Hmm... maybe I should take a page from his book and calm the F down. But if I did that then maybe we wouldn't be here today travelling and blogging... But really... unfinished thought, let's come back to this.

My oldest son, Erik, is now 12 and extremely excited to be travelling! This one shows all his emotions out in exuberant ways. He's created this rap song, well not a full song more like a blip of a beet to get you moving. He picks one word, say Pickle, and then stutters the P. P - P - P - P, roles the P, Prrrrrrrr, Slams the word PICKLE, then sings BOOM BOOM Ya! All while busting a move.

This blip of a beat got an email from his teachers concerned about is lack of focus in the classroom and disturbance to the children around him. I printed the email and will save it for future memories. He can often be seen jumping up from his seat, rapping a blip, showing off his dance moves, all suave and stuff, and then sitting down like Mr. cool dude pretending nothing happened, while his classmates are down for the beat, hollering... can I get a BOOM BOOM YA!

I see the disturbance this would cause in the grade 7 classroom. But as a mom I am ever so proud of him and his personality to be carried in such a confident way.

Here's a thought, back to a bodily process for me, maybe I should put on some dance music, share my excitement with some moves, and let loose in the week events arriving at this day. Noted! I will try this next time and report back to y'all.

Bon Voyage as the French say. Yes we are headed to Paris, France today. With a short stop over in Toronto. I would say to grab dinner but I am pretty sure on the two hour window of landing the bird and getting to the next bird terminal there will be no eating happening. Sad Day. I was really hoping to have a nice sit down dinner in Toronto. That being said, the next you will hear from me will be 36 hours from now. Buckle up. It's going to be a journey with 3 Boys in tow!!