Rise and Shine --- Still in the air?

Good Morning and I'm letting you know waking three children up at 4 a.m. was suprisingly easy!

Kathleen always has had an adventurous spirit. In high school, she wanted to go to New York University. Despite the pleas of her mother (your going to get killed; New York is evil), she made it to NYU. Interned at New York Newsday (covering, among other things, gang violence in the Bronx). She finished college in three years, graduating with honors.
Eight years ago, she wanted to take a trip to Europe, with a two-year old in tow. That's just insane, people said, you can't take a 2-year old to Paris, Belgium and London. Of course, the trip went off without a hitch (OK, one hitch involving a brand-new Mercedes and a parking garage, but who's splitting hairs).
Earlier this year, Kathleen read Anderson Cooper's 'Dispatches from the Edge,' a book about covering war and the world.
She found her next mission. She wanted to go to Iraq to tell the story of those still stationed there and what their life is like. It took awhile to get everything together, with plenty of hurdles along the way. There was getting military approval. There was getting body armor. There was getting airline tickets. There was convincing the powers-that-be it would give us unbelievable coverage.
It all came together (the starts lined up all along the way) and she left for Kuwait (the drop off point for those going to Iraq) last night.
Of course, it couldn't go off without a hitch. She started missing the family before even leaving, then again while going through the security at Philadelphia International Airport.
When the flight to Washington was delayed over an hour, it appeared the connection to the plane to Kuwait was going to be missed. It wasn't and she's still in the air.
It's not scheduled to land in Kuwait until around 11 this morning (our time).
I'm sure she'll have some good stories about packing, waiting, flying. You can follow them all right here and at www.delcotimes.com.
It should be fascinating. It should be fun. She'll do a great job.
All the while, though, there are four people who hope this is the fastest two weeks in the history of time.