Once again, the little one is being called upon to leave the nest. She was the only one chosen from her school to attend something called the Spring 2008 Junior National Young Leaders Conference in Washington D.C. (see here for more info.) She’ll be gone from March 1, thru the 7th. Once she gets there she’ll meet a bunch of kids her own age from around the country and they’ll tour the nation’s capitol and get some face time with some of our elected leaders. There'll be workshops and tours and all sorts of other stuff to keep them occupied and provide them with a little firsthand history into the inner workings of government. It’ll set me and my ex back about a grand apiece but I view this as a very good thing
Unlike her trip to Amsterdam last year where she was travelling with a bunch of kids her own age, this time she’ll be flying solo. When she debarks in DC she’ll be picked up by one of those folks holding up a card with her name on it. She thought that was “cool”.
While I’m happy to see her go I remain a little leery about the prospect of her flying alone. I guess it’s just the parent in me.
Oh well, there’s a lot of firsts in life and I guess this is just another one of them.
Damn, time moves fast…