Sports Days and Goodbyes

Yesterday was mega busy. Fraulein was at college for half an hour in the morning to say goodbye to all her friends, when Mr Messy picked her up he said there was a lot of hugging and wailing going on :-( Then in the afternoon Little Prince had his Sports Day at school. He was so looking forward to it, as he loves running and being outdoors :-) He came an extremely close second in his running race, last in his egg and spoon race (to be expected if he has dyspraxia) and second in his obstacle race. I was disappointed for him as he LOVES to win, and Sports Day last year was his chance to shine. His academic work is alright, but not something he shines at, his behaviour can sometimes leave something to be desired, but Sports Day was his chance to publically wow everyone so it was sad that he didn't get his chance at the limelight this year :-( We had to whisk him straight from his last race, still in his PE kit straight into the car to take Fraulein to the airport. When me and LMS had left the house to go to school to watch the sports day we had left Mr Messy and Drama Teen "helping" Fraulein sort out her 10kgs over weight baggage!! I had told Fraulein to sort out her stuff and ship most of it back home to Germany, but after sending one parcel that cost her a fortune she refused to send any more!!
The journey to the airport was two hours of torture!! Little Prince wailed and cried and moaned and whinged the whole way there! Nothing we could do cheered him up for very long - he was upset that he was losing Fraulein and wanted his comfort blankie (which we had left at school with his uniform for LMS to bring home)!! We stopped at some services very close to the airport and fed him, which seemed to help a lot! Once we had all had something to eat and drink we went over to the airport and checked Fraulein in. Luckily after all the sorting out her bag was just under the strict baggage limit!! When she saw other passengers in the queue frantically taking stuff out of their suitcases and wearing it, she realised we weren't joking when we said the limits were STRICTLY imposed lol. We then went and sat in a coffee shop for another drink and chat before sending Fraulein through security. There were lots of tears and hugs before she would go through :-( She got held up in security as her rucksack (carry on baggage) was so full that it wouldn't x-ray properly and she had to get out every bit of electronic equipment and show them it all worked - imagine how much a teenage girl has lol. Laptop, iPod, PSP, alarm clock etc it took AGES for her to sort that out. All the time we were tearfully watching from outside the security area and waving like lunatics - she didn't even notice lol. Eventually she was allowed through and we lost sight of her. On the drive back home we got quite a few texts from Fraulein up until she boarded her plane and had to switch off her phone. Later that evening we got a call from her letting us know she was home safe and sound and that everything at home seemed different lol. I think she could find it difficult to settle back down at home, and her parents could find it hard to get used to the grown up and independant young lady she has become, but I am sure they will sort it all out eventually.
Goodbye Fraulein Auf Wiedersehen, we miss you already and you will always be part of our family xxxxx