off! vamoose!

All right folks. I'm outta here like...like a tree that's leafed. Hah. Left, I guess. Soon, anyway.

So, let's end this ridiculous barrage of posts this week on a high note. In the past two days I've been either a step away from tears or a step away from laughs, and little things keep pushing back and forth over that line, mostly for good reasons. Yesterday when our forum mods showed me the good luck thread they made for me, I had to go to the ladies room and compose myself. When I saw the gear (won't say no more here) that Bel sent, I could not stop laughing. When I couldn't fit everything into my damn suitcase, it was like that little tip over the edge and I just wanted to cry. When BK and Kirky sent me an email from Will, today, with a pic of him wearing a shirt with a British flag on it, and the subject was, "Safe Trip, Auntie M!" I lost it. There's been a lot of that this week. It's a really intense place, up there, with all the thoughts.

But now, I'm done, all is packed, and I can take a deep breath and just enjoy what's coming. Thanks everyone for all your outpourings of love and support this week. It's been amazing. And deep breath, off I go. MWAH!