Last post for a while (?)

Well, I'm leaving bright and early tomorrow morning. Dad IS going to be driving with me; he'll be here at 6 (!!!!) in the morning, which means I have to be up around 4:30 or 5. We hope to do the drive in two days; if all goes well, we'd like to go at LEAST as far as Atlanta the first day (Atlanta is about 10 hours from Ft. Myers, according to the roommate, which means that WE should hit it in about 11 hours, coming from Michigan).

My roommate does have a laptop, and I am bringing my computer, but I don't know how often I'll be able to hijack his laptop or how long it will take to get MY computer hooked up. I'll get back online as soon as I can (you know me). In the meantime, I can also go to the library for public internet access--assuming I can FIND the library, of course. If nothing else, I'll have regular access again once school begins in a couple of weeks.

So...wish me luck. I'll miss everyone very much. Leaving isn't easy by any means, especially since I've gotten so much closer to my sisters, nieces and nephews in the 7 months or so that I've been home. But as I said, this really won't be that much different than living in Detroit. I'll still come home just as frequently--only this time, my visits will be even longer. Sure, I won't be close enough to pop in for the occcasional impromptu weekend--but hell, I didn't really do that too often even when I WAS across the state.

I'm scared as hell--excited too, of course, but right now my paralyzing fear is pretty much overshadowing that part. Will I get along with the roommate? Will I suck as a teacher? Will I get lost driving to school one day and end up in North Carolina? How many kids will my sister Katey have by the time I come home again?

I'll check in as soon as I can. In the meantime, I expect Anna and Renee to make this blog interesting until I'm back up and running.

I love you guys!