another side note...

I've been feeling extremely emotional lately. You know those tears that are just constantly welling up at all the wrong times and all it takes is 2 minutes of a sappy moment on TV to throw you over the edge? I know why I'm emotional. For one, I'm about to have a super intense experience, but I'm also dealing with some inner demons and emotional heartache that I have kind of left at the wayside while keeping myself extremely busy (as per usual) and therefore not dealing with these emotional issues. I can feel them catching up to me and now is probably not the best time because I have a huge journey ahead of me. But maybe I can use the 20 hours of travel time alone to work through some of it.

However...If my mom can't hold it together tomorrow and starts crying, I'll probably lose it. Game over. Just sayin.