On the road.

We finally got out of the house around 3:30 and should make it to Cleveland by 9:00 or so tonight.  . Our departure today was not quite noon as we originally had hoped.  That nice peaceful rain didn’t end up being all that much fun to deal with trying to load up the camper (who I have been affectionately calling Clark).  I think it took us twice as long to do it as it should have.  When we loaded into Clark, Margaret insisted on sitting in the front seat.  She was ready with directions on how to get to ‘Jack and Jane’s house’ and was quite upset when Jeremy took a left instead of a right going out of the drive.  All was well when we were headed west on the Thruway.  We are still headed west, the boys are sleeping, Margaret just got up from a nice nap.  Life is good.

Well, atleast until we hit traffic at rush-hour.  There was lots of sitting, waiting and merging.  Perfect timing!

About 4 hours into the drive, we (Jeremy) drove into a major storm.  There was so much lightening and rain.  People were pulling off the road because visibility was so poor – we kept truckin’ along. 

We made it to Brecksville around 10:45 to a waiting house full of Fudos  -  Six to be exact.  Yes, all 4 of the kids were up.  Three were slightly more excited to have us arrive than the fourth.  Story has it that the oldest kid of the clan was up at 6:45 that morning in anticipation of our arrival.  We finally met the youngest Fudo.  She is quite the doll – very beautiful.   Her parents claim that she can be very fussy during the day, but she sleeps very well at night.  I forgot how small they start.  That night we went to bed well after midnight thinking about all of the things we would need to resolve the next day.

The Start (no photos)

I woke up to rain today - A nice quiet peaceful rain. The kind you don't mind.  I am sure that today will be anything but quiet and peaceful. I hope that the rain does not last too long. There is much to do to get ready to leave and for our extra special clients as well.

Things went well yesterday for Jeremy.  He took care of what he needed to at court with the kids' mom and the boys spent yesterday with her before we leave.   They were glad to be home last night after a long day.  Days like yesterday are very stressful for all of us.   

Alex was so tired that he fell asleep folding laundry - I found him on our bed with a towel in his hands and his head on the pile that he had already folded in a pool of drool ... Poor kid!

Luke has been sick all week he had the flu on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Yesterday he felt slightly better but had a sore throat.  I hope it doesn't turn into something more. 

Margaret stayed up last  night entirely too late.  I hope that it doesn't come back to bite us today. Hopefully she will sleep on the first leg of the drive.  She is more than excited for this trip and can't wait to go see 'Rount Mushmore'...Little does she know that will probably be the most anticlimactic portion of our trip. 

I hope we haven't forgotten any of the big details.  We have the RV mostly packed, the house stuff arranged for, and the office stuff ready to go.  Wish us luck.  The kids will post later from the RV.