♪♫ I'm leaving, on a jet plane ...♫♫♪

 Here I am, all alone in the Canada Post headquarters in Ottawa, and there are butterflies in my tummy.  It's almost 8:00 p.m., it's dark outside, and there's nobody here to keep me company except my teddy bear.  I miss my friends at Vanier, I miss my stuffies, and I think I left my special blankie in my cubby.  I was so excited about going round the world, but right now it's just lonesome and scary.

Let's see ... what can I do?  I know!  I'm going to look at all my pictures, and then perhaps I won't feel so homesick.  Here are some of my favourite people at Vanier Public School.  Do you see Mr. Albers and me in the front lobby? I love the moustache he grew for Movember.

 



Mr. Albers and I are taking out the recycling.

Mrs. Lindsay came to help us get the hot lunches ready.  (She's the principal.  I know she's a principal and not a principle because she's my pal.)



I even miss the wombat sign on the planning room door!

This still isn't working very well.  I think I'm going to cry in a minute.  There's a big tear running down my nose.  Quick ... let me think of something positive.  I can think of one thing:  all the Grade 3s were at the pool today doing their final Swim to Survive class.  I wonder if everybody was able to swim without a lifejacket.  I was!  



Here I am at the pool when all the Grade 3s did our Swim to Survive course.

Now I'm feeling a bit better.  I think I'll make sure that everything's still packed properly.  

My very first passport





Aiden brought in a big envelope of Ontario pins for me to give to the people I stay with.

I packed clothes for summer and winter, clothes for dressing up and clothes for hiking ... but I forgot to pack my blankie, and I wish I'd packed a flashlight so I could read in my envelope.



Well ... I've stopped crying now that I've looked at my pictures.  I guess that instead of missing what's behind me, I'll change my thinking and focus on all the fun that's AHEAD of me.  Look out world - here I come!!!