San Diego Part 1

We made it to California in one piece. All 21 students and 3 chaperones. The 2012 senior trip has begun. Yesterday was eventful but calm. That's a strange combination but truthful. It was the first time flying for many of us. The weird thing is that I was very calm through the whole thing. I was not the slightest bit nervous about flying. I actually enjoyed it. The airport in Dallas is huge compared to St. Louis! We made it to our connecting flight without any problems. Almost anyway. We all piled on the tram that would take us to our next terminal. The doors closed very quickly before all 21 of us made it of the car, so we had to wait on one to catch up with us. Then once we landed in San Diego, the other teacher and I went to get the vans. Since I had the directions, I got to lead. We made it back to the airport to pick up the kids and the other chaperone without much problem. But our ten minute drive to the hotel turned in to a tour of San Diego. Which is great, but not what I wanted to be doing at 12:30 at night! We finally made it, and I gave the kids some great memories of me driving a twelve passenger van. I think it was about 3 this morning when I finally got to sleep after finding the hotel, getting the kids situated in their rooms, and getting unpacked. However for all of the worrying I skipped for our trip out here, I made up for it by seeing every hour on the clock last night. Now that we're landed I start worrying! I shouldn't because nine of them are just down the hall from me and the other teacher took care of the other 3 rooms, but I worried all night long. Today we're off to do some grocery shopping and go to the zoo. Hopefully my 4 hours of sleep will be enough along with the adrenaline to get me through the day. This trip will definitely be one they will never forget.