On my way

I am sitting in the Atlanta airport, an hour before we will start the flight to Paris. SR, RC, and LS should be at their respective airports getting ready to fly too, so in a few hours I will be meeting up with the ladies that I affectionately call 'my girls'. If you read this blog last year, you heard some about them, though I created random names for them with each post.... this year you will get to know them by initial as per their request--I believe some of their loved ones are reading the blog this year, and so they will get to know a few stories before the girls have internet again. (One of the joys of my job is that I have the emegency email, so get to check it on the satellite system.)

So...for my first update of my girls, SR gets the prize for not having called me yesterday with any random questions about packing or traveling. She also gets the prize for being the last to register with the Embassy :-)

In othe rnews, I think I remembered everything originally forgetten in the packing, but time will tell on that one. A shorter trip that requires less equipment, and my bags had so much space in them relative to past trips. Here is a list of the new stuff traveling with me that you might find of interest:
-Orange i-pod shuffle (music--a beautiful escape)
-Lime green fleece (I am tired of being cold on planes)
-Blue (w/disgn) 'buff' .... look up ' buff' on REI if you are curious

I think that is all worthy of mention. In case you were curious, the colors are important ;-)