Life has gotten kind of hectic since my last update. I've been working on a few different projects/stories at work, but the last few days have been more like a roller coaster than anything else. I finally booked my flight at 4:58pm on Friday, catching the travel agent just before she left her office for the weekend. Unfortunately, even though I was able to book a flight, I was unable to get a visa since a letter of invitation from the government is required to travel to the part of the world I’ll be visiting. I’ve been told this may not be a problem, and we should be able to get the necessary visas at the airport when we arrive…let’s hope so.

I spent the past two or three days working out lodging for my trip, which up until that point had been up in the air. I did get a break in the stress of working everything out for this trip on Friday night when I left the office and headed to Lynchburg for the weekend. I spent the whole time with close friends and family there. It was both relaxing and refreshing.

Well, the smallest leg of my journey is already complete. I stepped into a cab exactly six o’clock this morning and headed for Richmond International, where my flight was delayed an hour, so now I’m sitting in the airport just killing time. Hopefully, after I step into a cab on the other side of the world at about midnight Thursday, I’ll be able to update how the 22-hour non-stop flight went.