I just put Mia on the plane to Mexico. I am happy to say that everything went very well. Just a few tears were shed by me. Mia did not cry at all. Only one girl in the group cried a little bit, but several of the girls, including Mia immediately started comforting her and she stopped. I could tell that almost made Mia cry, but she didn't. The kids were so excited and looked adorable in their travel shirts and didn't seem at all sad about leaving their families, which actually relieved us. The parents who had older siblings go in the past, said it was the smoothest good-bye they had ever seen. Mia went to bed just fine and was asleep at 9:00 p.m. (after saying she wasn't sleepy at all), with a back rub from Mom. And then popped right up at 4:00 a.m. without me having to wake her! I got everything packed just fine in her suitcase and it was well under the 50' weight limit at 36.5 lbs. Honestly, I think she had the smallest suitcase of the group. But knowing she would have to manage it herself through customs, I wanted to keep it as light as possible. I gave her a pair of heart shaped opal earrings as a going away present since she will not change her earrings by herself. They are her birthstone and since she will be gone on her birthday, I thought they would be nice for her to have and I told her the two hearts represented both our hearts since we both had October birthdays :-). At this moment, other than being totally exhausted after just 3 hours of sleep, I feel pretty good emotionally. My house looks like a tornado hit it, but I have nothing planned this weekend, so that is my hope is to get "my house in order". Thanks for stopping by...."Just Melinda" now :-(
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Well well well......
I'll be thinking about you Melinda. I know she'll have a great time. If you have a chance, come this way and we'll go to dinner.
Melinda - I am just now able to catch up on all of the blog entries - Thanks so much for doing this - it will be fun to follow Mia's adventure. How will you get photos to post? Can she send you photos or will her host family do that? Can she call you very often? I was just wondering - since I know Mexico is not nearly as remote as some places so I was thinking maybe you would be able to communicate fairly easily. I know Mia will do well and I am convinced that it is worse to be "home alone" than to be the person who is on the adventure! Stay busy and know that Mia is having a blast :-)
Love ya,
Peg
Peggy-I'm hoping they will send photos. I showed Mia how to download before she left, I just hope she doesn't take pics only of the dog! We're supposed to only talk weekly (to reduce the likelihood of homesickness), but we can communicate via e-mail, msn live messenger (which works like skype), etc. We'll see. All the other families are in contact as well and sharing photos! First night was OK. Love-M
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