I'm posting this tonight from Elko, Nevada, the first stop on my trip across the country. I left San Jose at 6 am this morning and got here about 3 pm. Not a bad trip, the car is a bit loaded down (ie: I couldn't get much more in it) so the trip through the mountains around Tahoe was kind of of slow, but once I got into the flatlands it was smooth sailing!! I'm taking 80 until somewhere in Ohio when I head north thru New York and then to New Hampshire to visit my Mom. I'm not sure yet when I will arrive in NYC, but it will be sometime between the last Thursday and Saturday in August. I have posted a picture of both my loaded car and the Econo Lodge in Elko where I am staying tonight. Nevada has a whole lot of nothing......
Over the course of this day I have had a number of feelings, from elation to "what the hell am I doing?". Leaving this morning was very strange, almost dream-like, knowing I'm not going back there for almost 10 months and that I won't see my family until November. I keep thinking of the soldiers who get sent overseas and leave their families behind, including their young children. I'm struggling with the feeling that my relationship with my son will be permanently changed by this separation and even though I think it will be a good and healthy change, I can't help but be a little sad and wistful. Sigh.
More tomorrow from Cheyenne, Wyoming!!
Blessings,
Suzanne
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