Roadtrip!

Today I'm getting ready for a roadtrip. Oh, I'm not going anywhere, but my daughter, Vanessa, is.  She is going on a school trip to Boston for two nights and three days.  So I have to make sure all the clothes she wants to bring is clean.  I have to go to the bank and get some US money out for her.  I also have to make sure that her passport is in her bags so that they don't give her a hassel at the border.

She leaves tomorrow morning, so tonight we will pack and hopefully get her to bed early.  She has to be at school by 6:30 tomorrow morning, so I have to get up at 5:30 to get her up and get some breakfast in her before we leave at 6:00.  Of course, she won't be getting any sleep over the next few days since she is sharing a room with her three closest friends.  I guess she will sleep on the bus on the way back home. 

She's excited.  This is her first trip out of Canada with the school and her first time to Boston.  Her sister had the same trip three years ago, and she said it was a blast. I'm sure I'll hear all about it late Friday night when I go pick her up at school.  The scheduled pick-up time is 11:00 pm, but if I base it on the trip Sabrina took three years ago, we'll be heading home only around 2:00 am Saturday morning.  Her blabbering about the trip will keep me awake on the drive!

Lucie Bouchard Antoniazzi, Regular Columnist, All in a Mom-day's Work, www.luciebouchardantoniazzi.com

Comments

[Kathy Schlaeger]

Good for you....you are supporting your daughter's dreams and desires! Boston is definitely a fun city.

Kathy

[Veronica]

Boston is a great city. Besides being born in a suburb (we moved when I was 1 so I don't remember), I've been back to see the city three times. A friend and I got lost touring Havard. And I went into the bar Cheers, the one they used for the TV series. My friend and I were under 21 and he chickened out. I just walked up to the bouncer told him I was under 21, but I wanted to see the bar. He let me walk in take a look around and walk out. It's a very small bar.