10 Hours and 55 Minutes to Departure

I begin typing this at midnight and our plane leaves at 10:55 in the morning. It's been a crazy couple of days as we've tried to get everything ready. As you can see, we're still up. We probably have a couple of hours ahead of us since we haven't started packing yet but we'll get there. Besides, staying up all night should put us on our way to adjusting to the 10 hour time change.

We did take a bit of a break yesterday for fun to see the new Indiana Jones movie. Spencer and I LOVED it. Dean and Christian thought it was okay. Based on that review, I'm not sure what to tell you. As we watched it, I actually recognized a Russian word here or there in the dialogue. Not so sure that the ones I recognized are going to be all that helpful to me in Russia but it's a start.

Well, I must run. But I thought I would share a few pictures of what we are currently sorting through and trying to pack. This is going to be a challenge. This could take longer that I think.

These are all the documents that we must carry on the plane. Let's hope we don't have far to go between terminals because these are going to be heavy. I think we have the equivalent of a tree in paper.

And this is what we still have to pack. Notice there are no clothes for Dean or myself in this pile.

One last note before I leave you to pack, I said goodnight to my kids tonight. Sidney and Spencer of course gave me extra long hugs. Christian said goodnight and headed to his room (he's not feeling too well). I asked Christian if I could get a hug. He turned around and actually gave me a real hug, not a token "Can we get this over with" hug. I think he may miss me after all when I'm away.