Gaga fan comes home today

Yes, baby girl comes home today from her road trip

to Houston to see her idol, Lady gaga.

She and her guy pal, Henry left on Sunday and they

have had the trip of thier lifetime.

I am so proud of my baby girl.

Since becoming single again she has become the

girl I once remembered her to be.

When she first told me about her road trip,

she hesitated to tell me because she thought I would disapprove.

She is just good like that, even though she knew

I would not stop her from going,

it would have made her sad if she knew I didn't approve.

She was surprised when I cheered her on.

I want her to have these experiences,

this is what this baby girl was meant to do.

So they had a safe and uneventful trip to Houston on Sunday

and at about 10:30pm I get a text:

"THIS IS THE BEST FU##**ING ROAD TRIP EVER"

Excuse baby girl's french, she loves that F word...

I call her and she is so excited to tell me that she and Henry

decided that their first plans of sleeping in the gaga line

all night probably wasn't safe with all the homeless people they saw

so instead the found a hostel for 15 dollars a night and

had just arrived there for their nights sleep.

I am like, "Are you kidding, sleeping in a hostel is what

has you so excited?"

You see that is what I love about this baby girl,

new experiences are what she lives for and what has

been missing from her life.

The next morning at 5 am she and her guy pal are

already in line waiting and hoping to have Lady

bring them Pizza.

Baby girl read somewhere that if you wait in line a long, long time

Lady gaga comes in person and feeds you.

So she and Henry are sitting in line at 5 am...

At about 2pm I get another very excited call.

No, Lady did not bring her pizza but two people

traded their tickets for VIP tickets which means

unlike the rest of the crowd, they got to get in 2 hours before

everyone else. This child is beside herself and I can hear

the pride in her voice that she was brave and took on this

adventure with her new-found friend, Henry.

Another phone call at 4:30, they were in, had gotten all kinds

of free things and she was on top of the world.

Another nights sleep in the hostel and they are on their way home.

I love this child. She is all I ever wanted in a daughter.

To take risks and do road trips with no plans in sight

and to enjoy the simple fact that she can sleep in a hostel

makes me happy to no end.

Her bravery is so much more than mines was.

Yes, I was worried about her but had much confidence that

she would do fine and the fact that Henry was making the trip

with her gave me peace of mind.

Those two, I believe are each others alter-ego...

Welcome home soon, baby girl,

glad your trip was all and more than you imagined.

I miss you when you are not here.