
I've got all my stuff, my backpack on, and in my comfy traveling clothes. I'm so excited I can hardly stand it! I'm going on a real live trip!

Gretchen helped me adjust my backpack and gave me a final kiss goodbye. She's been in a kind of a funk lately and not much fun to be around, so this will be a good thing for us. She did admit at the very last minute that she will miss me. I'll miss you, too, Gretchen. I'll write. And I'll be coming back...some day. So don't give away my bed.

I had Mom Bean take one last picture of me outside near the flowers. I've got my goggles on to protect my eyes from the dust I'm sure to incur on my trip. Goodbye Purple flowers...goodbye fairies.

Oh, I'm so excited I can scarely breathe. I'm fianlly at the Mail Room and the nice lady is getting just the right sized box for me and all my stuff. Yes, I've got my blue blankie with me. I plan to clutch it tightly on the trip. It will be dark and scary in that box, I think, but it could also be a lot of fun. At least it has that new box smell.

Here I am in my traveling box. All my stuff is in the bottom and I'm standing on my blue blankie. I ready to go...I think. Bye-bye, mom bean, I'll miss you. Bye-bye, Pa Bean, I'll miss you, too. And Gretchen...you'll write to me, right?
I'm going to be blogging about my adventure from a little town in the midwest on my two Aunties computers...
here. Oh, and I forgot to mention that I'm going to finally get to meet my three, furry purry cousins and the woofie. And I'm going to have a new, forever little boy bean friend...Aljah.
Love all you guys... Mike the Mysterious and now Ground UPS Traveler.