In the past couple of weeks I have been traveling like it’s my job. Usually it is, but this time it’s because @annaleecapuano and I went to San Francisco for an official college visit as a track and cross country recruit. Then I left for a conference in NYC and from there I got my friend Melissa up at 2:30am so I could take a $27 flight out of New Jersey to Atlanta for the next college visit. Tom and Annalee drove down, so I caught up with them to tour the Atlanta campus of SCAD -Savannah College of Art and Design, and then the Savannah campus.
It was a jam packed trip with academic and athletic tours and meetings with both coaches, all the while trying to navigate some feelings with one kid, making decisions and scheduling appointments back home for Jay who had a cold and therefore needed a Covid test, and about Harper potentially needing surgery. Remember that tiny hairline fracture on his elbow…? Well, it’s going through a wide open growth plate and apparently that’s a bad thing that may require surgery.
It’s a strange thing as a mom being away from your kids. You’re never really away. It’s sometimes hard to be present when you have five kids sprinkled in different states, facing different challenges, and pursuing different dreams. So, I’m super behind on posting my #adamsacts but Day 24, I happily gave up my seat on the airport train for an older man who worked at the airport and looked visibly exhausted. Day 25, Harper and I did a virtual speaking panel about “Colorblind Racism” for 540WMain, Inc. which is devoted to antiracist eduction. We were mid-drive between Atlanta & Savannah so I had to prep Harper on the drive, then stop in Macon, Georgia and set up at a random library for two hours in the middle of our drive. For my act of kindness, I donated the speaking honorarium to their scholarship fund which makes antiracist education and resources accessible to any and all interested people. Day 26 I don’t think I did anything kind honestly, except maybe getting up at 5:30am to drive back to NY in time for Annalee to make it to practice? That’s kinda kind, right?
I am exhausted, grateful, overwhelmed and waaaaaay behind on my work and life. But, we are in the October home stretch! ❤️ #JesusTakeTheWholeCar
