I'm Starting My Week Away

 It's actually Sunday, and I'm starting my week away at my writer's workshop. I was so excited to go, but I was also a nervous nelly about leaving my little family at home. I kept fussing around, trying to finish up everything that I could, giving last minute instructions, reminding Tea and Bryan what needed to be done, and warning Nick to go easy on the kids. Finally I just took a deep breath and asked everyone, "Can you tell I'm nervous?" When I went to leave, I forced a kiss on Matthew's hand and Tea actually allowed me to hug her. I told Matthew that he could email me at any time (he didn't want me to go, which is why he wouldn't let me hug or kiss him good-bye). Nick walked me to my car, and I was off.

I have to tell you, the drive was incredibly long. It was over four hours. I was about 45 minutes away when my phone sent a message through telling me "Welcome to Canada!" I laughed, because for a moment I thought that maybe I had gotten lost. Then I knew that there was no getting over the boarder that easily. I stopped once on the side of the road just over two hours in to grab a Diet Coke out of the back of the car, and then I stopped at the casino when I made it into town. The casino is tight; they don't like giving away their money, but I broke out even.

Arriving at Doc's Harbor Inn, I went straight up to my room. It is *gorgeous.*


The view is awesome, too. This view was taken from the windows at the end of the bed.


I wandered around a little bit after taking these pictures. I familiarized myself with the house. When I went back up to my room and started unpacking, I noticed that I had forgotten to pack one thing...my damn computer charger. Now I have to find a place around here that sells computer chargers. My battery is almost half dead right now because I didn't charge it before I left. And this laptop is not known for it's battery life.

I am looking forward to this week, though. It promises to be full of fun, and I'm looking forward to forgetting about regular life for awhile. I'm putting my faith in the kids and the husband to be able to run the house and take care of everything while I'm gone. I'm just going to concentrate on writing and learning new techniques. I hope to have a bunch of pictures of the beautiful scenery from the tours we're doing this week for next week's blog.

Until next week's dirt...

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