Embarking

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We tried to leave at 10am today. We rolled away at 2pm. It's okay. We're ok. We're doing a big thing. We left our home emptier and arguably cleaner than we ever have before. We left it ready for other people to stay while we're gone. We simultaneously packed a travel-trailer (first carefully and methodically and then in a flurry of last-minute-ness) and set out for a 4 month tour of our country.  Today was a good test. A test of our patience, with each other and with ourselves. Advice from friends who just did this kind of thing recently was "Don't be in a hurry. Be okay with changed plans. The trip shouldn't be about deadlines and that next destination but about the experience together." This past week, and especially the past couple days has been stressful for sure. It felt like Finals Week.  But now we are here! Experiencing together! And we made it exactly 90 miles away from home. Baby steps.