Last Night

Tomorrow Carter takes herself off to camp to have her first real job as a counselor. This is the first time that Russ and I don’t get to drive her up to the mountain. Of course it also means we don’t have to drive up and back in the same day. No watching the temperature drop exactly ten degrees as we climb the mountain.
This is the job Carter has been working to get since she first set foot at Cheerio as a camper eight years ago. If you asked Carter who her favorite people on earth were they were the people who made camp magical and now she gets to be one of those people for all her campers.
It will be six weeks of little sleep, lots of laughing, cool nights, games, activities and the best friends in the world. I hope it is everything Carter ever dreamed of. In a strange turn of events Carter’s co-counselor in her cabin is also named for a President, Reagan, so they have a theme for their cabin.
Tonight after all the packing and cleaning of her room were done we went for Asian food since it is the one thing she will miss about home. Well Asian and Shay Shay. I’m sure as she pulls out of the driveway she won’t even look back.
She won’t have to make the whole drive alone since she is picking up her friend Jovi, who is also a counselor, at the Greensboro airport. What an adventure she is in for. The best first job she could ever have, one she has been training for for years.
Drive carefully, sweet girl. All of us at home will miss you, but we know you won’t have a moment to miss us.