When I was young , whenever my family left for a long trip, we had a tradition of waking up at an unearthly hour (3:00 am? 4:00 am?) to get a good start on the day. For us kids, this mostly included stumbling out to the car in our pajamas with as little actual disturbed sleep as possible. Luckily for me, my children must have it in their bones--five of them were up (and three dressed) by 5:00 am. We're not leaving until 8:00 am, but I already have a grrrrreat start on the day. Thanks guys! (Seriously. I was able to throw in the last load of laundry, call my family, and make the oatmeal cookies that I didn't have time for yesterday. There are so many more hours in the day to do stuff with when you don't use any of that time sleeping. Awesome!)
So, we're off to the Arctic Circle (not the one with milkshakes, but if you happen to live close to one of those, have a milkshake for me. And maybe a hamburger and curly fries, too. Go crazy! But keep the calories for yourself.) Our internet connection will be spotty, so blogging will be random (what, MORE random?) but if there are any great pictures and/or stories (and you know there will be), I'll try to post.
(Also, for all of you house burglars who read my blog in anticipation of knowing when we are out in order to rob us us while we're gone, our landlord is going to be here the WHOLE TIME we're gone doing landlord-y things and making our house even better. And he's a tough man to tangle with. So do not even THINK of robbing our house.)
