Alex is almost on his way...

We will be taking Alex to the airport tomorrow morning before going to work.  This should be so mundane and normal and yet my heart continues to have palpitations and my stomach is doing flip flops and butterflies like you cannot even begin to understand.

It seems that he will not get a chance to visit his friend in Boston, so he will be stuck at the Boston Logan airport for about 10 hours tomorrow before he take his next flight to Frankfurt, Denmark for yet another long layover for 10 hours to take his last flight from Frankfurt to Dublin!

Sadly, when he lands in Dublin it will be to late to take the last bus to Callan and will actually have to spend his first night in Dublin in the freaking Dublin airport!  He will be taking a bus early the next morning Sept. 6th to Callan and start his year of service at the Ballytobin Camphill in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

I'm hoping he gets enough sleep on the plane flight from Boston to Frankfurt that he'll be well rested to hang out with all the amazing amenities that the Frankfurt Airport has to offer - like showers, massages, banks and even gambling!  All within the confines of the security side of the airport!

Then from there he will get any more sleep he needs from 11pm in Dublin time (4am our time) until 6am when he can catch the first bus out from Dublin to Callan!

There is so much more that I want to say but none of it will make any sense to most.  The feelings and emotions are swirling around in absolute chaos.  I have loved and guided and raised Alex for the past 19 years and to let go is the hardest thing I've ever done!

I know it's not permanent and I know we'll have plenty of times to chat via skype and email and blog, but, the house will not be the same without Alex's presence from day-to-day and that's a hard pill to swallow for me!

I love him very much and want only the best for him.  His life is just starting as an adult and it is very exciting!  And yet there is a part of me that wants to have the Alex Wiley that was just starting kindergarten for the first time ever!

For those of you that want to know how to see what is happening with Alex in Ireland, here is his blog: http://alexwileytravels.blogspot.com/

Kelley