Quebec!

April 24, 2012

How clever of me to start off with a title like that. I probably have you all at the edge of your seat waiting to scroll down and see all the photos from an impromptu weekend away or a clever little story about about a trip I once took there. Nope. Neither of those.

The title of this post has everything to do with Emily. She's on her first big trip away with school. The Grade Nine Quebec Trip. Notice the caps? This trip is legendary among the students because it's been happening for so many years, I thought capitals were in order.

I'm sure you all remember your first big trip away with all your friends, no parents, chaperones of course but they're not your parents so they don't count, a little bit of freedom in a strange, new place and a bus load of hormones. No wonder Emily was counting down the days. She consulted her list, packed her suitcase, checked her list again, slept poorly the night before, was fidgety, then bored with the waiting, then put on her pyjamas for the long overnight ride, then stricken with the panic that plagues all travellers: I feel like I've forgotten something, then passed around some hugs and was gone. And she's there. In Montreal. Right now. To say that I'm jealous would be an understatement but it's only because I know how amazing this trip will be for her.

There's a good chance that after this she'll always have a soft spot for Montreal in the spring.