As I expected, I woke up today charged with energy and wanted to get things moving ASAP. I said goodbye to my younger sister Carsen as she left for school early in the morning then continued to finalize my packing. We said we would try to leave for our 4:55 PM flight by 1:00 PM but 11:30 AM rolled around and I was anxious to get moving. So we went to Portillo's for my last meal in the states, where we were met by my Dad. He drove us to the airport where we said our goodbye, more emotional than I had expected. After a half hour wait to check-in, I said a teary surprise to mom and went through security. To my surprise, we were through security in 15 minutes and arrived at our terminal
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