We're On the Road!

This morning my mom, sisters, & I set off on our grand adventure - starting in Washington D.C.!  The goal was to leave by 7am, which meant I had to leave my apartment by 6:15am.  I figured a quick shower (I washed my hair the day before) + packing up my toiletries would be totally doable in 15 minutes.  Oops.  More like 30 minutes... :)  But I didn't feel so bad because Amber texted me at 6:33am saying that they were running late, too.  After saying goodbye to my wonderful husband, I was on the road.  When I arrived, they were still doing laundry.  C'mon, fam!  I don't know what happened, but at 9:38am we were finally on the road after having a little prayer session in the driveway.  Praying for patience, love, kindess, safe travels, and lots of fun on the first leg of our journey.

We made excellent time to my mom's college roommate's house in Maryland where we ate a delicious dinner and got to hear stories from their college days.  So much fun!  It's really nice to hear about things as an "adult"...things that I didn't care to ask when I was 17 years old (the last time we saw her).  Her husband is also really funny.  I'm happy that we get to spend the evenings with them this week.

Some highlights from our journey:

• Listening to the Happy Feet soundtrack for the first 2 hours of the drive (and loving every minute of it).
• Lots of laughter in the car.
• Detour to the urgent care center.
• Emily actually enjoying the car ride [she was really not looking forward to the many hours in the car].
• Spending quality time with the Samimi ladies.