anxious on sunday night

It's 10 pm and my son just got in a car with two friends for a 12 hour road trip.

We live in northern Illinois and they are driving all the way to Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

I am excited for Tim, as the reason for this trip is that he's photographing

his friend's mother's wedding. Tim's passion in life is art - particularly photography - 

and that's what he's majoring in, too. This is his first "big" photography job.

But my mama heart is nervous with Tim traveling a long distance in a car, especially overnight.

He's my "baby" and since Phil passed away, my one and only. So I tend to be a

bit over-protective and extra-anxious, unfortunately knowing that life can end in a split second.

The cats have been anxious today, too ~ especially Clementine. Animals know their human

is leaving when the suitcases come out, and they don't like it. Clementine immediately

took up residence on Tim's suitcase.

You should've seen her face when he walked out the door. She was perched on

the ottoman in the living room with a very worried look on her face, just staring out the door.

The picture below wasn't taken tonight, but it's a recent one ~ and one of my faves of Clementine.

Well, my dear friends, I'm going to bed now and hoping to get some sleep.

I told Tim that when I wake up in the middle of the night (and that's inevitable, because I always wake up at least a couple of times, and now with him traveling, I'm sure I'll be up quite often), I will text him to see how he's doing.

And...

I have contractors coming very early tomorrow morning to start on remodeling the bathrooms.

Since I haven't been working outside the home for 9 weeks now, I'm not used to getting up

so early (6 a.m.). I'm naturally a night owl and don't go to bed until midnight - 12:30, but then

I sleep in until 8 - 8:30. So, this will be a big switch for me this coming week - and maybe

into next week, too.

Goodnight. Sleep tight.