I'm fighting some unhappy feelings at the moment. Which is NOT how I wanted to leave my beloved Delaware. But apparently doom is coming in the form of Hurricane Irene, and I have to leave tomorrow morning or else get stuck here on the peninsula and miss my TechMission orientation in Chicago which starts on Monday. Don't get me wrong, I'm super excited to be heading West, but all week I had expected to have Saturday home with my family and now I've been rushed to get myself together so I can leave before the storm hits tomorrow. Such is my life - why do I even try to plan?!
To be honest, it's slightly unnerving when I see the bumper-to-bumper traffic headed inland as people evacuate the coastline, windows taped up to prevent breakage from high winds, lines at all the gas stations as people prepare for loss of electricity. The news has been covering the storm all day, scaring everyone into preparing for the worst. And if perhaps it does end up being really bad, I won't be with my family to help them through it. So if you happen to remember me in your prayers in the next couple days, for peace and encouragement as I leave my family and Delaware behind, I'd appreciate it :) Oh how I will miss it!
The plan is to leave tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. and stay in Indiana with friends tomorrow night. Then I'll head to Chicago on Sunday for orientation and training. Next Thursday the plan is to pick up my sister at O'hare in Chicago and head West to sunny California! Well, hopefully it's sunny. With all the doom and gloom lately, who knows? This is a very short post just to let you all know what's going on with my travel plans. Thank you so much for your thoughts and continued prayers. I will certainly be needing them in the coming transition!
Prayers your way, sister.
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