...Saturday morning dd 1 and I hit the road for California. We had a great day together driving across the country and stopping for lunch and date milk shakes at Hadley's Date Farm (outside of Palm Springs).

Saturday night we spent at my friend's parent's house. I had only met them briefly, but we had a great time fellowshipping and I helped watch her grandchildren while my friend and her husband went on a much-needed evening out.

Sunday was church, then dd and drove the additional hour to San Diego and checked her into Science Camp at USD. Wow, was that an emotional time...as we hauled her stuff to the dorms and unpacked, I kept thinking that in not too terribly long, we'd be moving her into a dorm "for real"...I think I can wait!

By the time orientation was over, she had made a fast friend in another girl in her "major" and was chatting with her room mates. I was able to slip away for my long nightime drive back across the desert and home to my own bed.

Whew...and I get to do the drive again to pick her up on Saturday! It's worth it; we miss her already!