9 days, nervous, excited, busy

J So we've got a week and two days before we leave, still have some planning to do, a flight to book, and a house to clean. We've got a pretty packed week between seeing friends and family one last time and packing up stuff so our main floor is ready to be rented out. We also have a list of about fifty little things that need to get done, despite that hanging over our heads we're quite enjoying our time away from work, especially the sleeping in. lol

M It's our first day of our excellent adventure, and I can't believe I'm not at work on a Monday! It finally feels like we're doing this trip. My crazy husband thinks we should rent Bill and Teds excellent adventure, so we can make references to it throughout our trip. We seriously don't have time to watch movies at this point, but we'll see if we have free time toward the end of the week.

On Saturday we met with Peter Mrazik, he runs an organization in Romania with orphans called Father's House, that I worked at back in 2000. We're very excited that one of the girls that was in the orphanage while I was there is now grown up and getting married to a Canadian. We're delighted and honored to be invited to her wedding! We'll be arriving in Romania on November 9th, the day before the wedding, and then staying for 1-2 weeks afterward to help out in whatever way we can, such as maintenance and child-care.

J So, we're going to start a new poll on the blog, as some of our plans have changed. I think at this point we're definitely going to China, as we're almost sure that we're taking the trans-Siberian train from Europe to China. So, our options for after South East Asia have changed. Make sure to vote! ttyl