Last fall he came home from school and asked if he could go to Spain with his classl. When pressed for details, all I got was "Everyone's going, don't worry Anthony's brother is 16 and he will chaperone us". Great as along as there is such strong supervision. Well of course there was a lot more I needed to know, but there was no way I was going to stop him from such an adventurous experience. I kept thinking how much he will see and how his eyes will be opened to cultures and people that I had never seen.
Besides Madrid is really only about 4,00 miles away, why should I be so concerned? Well the real fear started when that volcano erupted and every TSA headline included "ash cloud". Then the images of rioters while the Greek economy collapsed. How about protestors after Israel's boat strike? It's not that I think he will be safer in the US and its not like I believe he will be targeted overseas. It's just that I won't be there. Maybe this is good practice because in the immediate future I won't be there a lot...I want to be there but let's face it I really can't.
I'd like to say I am going to spend these next several days working on myself; exercising daily, writing more, finishing some house projects. But most likely I will obsess about his trip. I will follow him online from Madrid to Burgos to San Sebastian to Barcelona and on and on until he is back at the Buffalo airport.
Safe trip my luv!
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