Hello from Calgary!

Here I am in the Calgary airport, ready to board for Vancouver. I will be meeting Brent in Vancouver for supper, as I have a 4-hour layover and am already checked in for my flight to Sydney. I unfortunately got booked into a middle seat for the 15 1/2 hour flight from Vancouver to Sydney, even though I requested an aisle seat. Hopefully the flight won't be full and I'll be able to snag an open aisle seat.

I can't believe I'm actually on my way! It hasn't sunk in yet. In fact, leaving Jeff for 6 weeks didn't sink in until we were looking for a parking spot outside the restaurant last night (we went for supper with mom, dad, and Karyn), when I unexpectedly burst into tears. We had a nice evening and a good day today, and then I cried again before we went to the airport. Fortunately, we saw a teacher he works with in the Saskatoon airport (on her way to London) so we chatted with her until it was time for me to go through security, which was a really nice distraction, so there were no tears at the gate.

Just heard my boarding call! Better run. More updates asap.