Early Risin'

It's 2:25 in the morning and I'm pretty much ready to go. The case is this: we are headed to the beach and I get to drive first, which means I get to start driving at 3am. I've only had less than four hours of sleep, but I feel pretty good. Everyone else is still asleep, although I suspect Mom will be getting up shortly. Because now is during that precarious time of night when the water softener is running, I can't do more than quickly wash my face for fear of staining the toilets just in time for us to leave. I'm sure this will happen anyway when everyone else wakes up.

I hope this trip will be a good one. It is Isaac and Nobu's first trip to Ocean Lakes with us and also the first time we've gotten our own place instead of sharing with Matthew and Stephanie. Hopefully this will minimize Dad's moodiness, or at least minimize our contact with it. Overall I am hopeful.

I will miss my Alex, as I always will, but I'll call him at least every day. I miss our long phone conversations, but I don't think we'll get to have any this week. But we'll see.

It is now time for me to get dressed and make some breakfast for the journey!