Off we go!

After months of planning, detailing, fretting, laughing, the day is here. All packed but for the minor flotsam - and a little rearranging to get the poundage just right all around. Finished about 12:30 AM this morning and awoke at 5:30. On the good side, I suppose sleep in the plane on Amsterdam time will come easier. Did I forget anything? Still need to change the cat box and mow the lawn, get a few last, last-minute details accomplished. Like get the bigger bottle of Purel to refill the little ones that will be constantly at our sides.

Took my "Breakfast of Aging Champions," the fistful of pills I take each morning with my banana, this morning, including my anti-malarial. Check. Made coffee. Check. Updated the last electronic bill payment so now everything should be on autopilot while we are away. Check. Make a new list. Check!

I have noticed a couple things on the blog: first, if you want to see Iringa weather, not Hong Kong, click on settings next to Hong Kong. Type in Iringa, click. Select Iringa, Tanzania. It reverts to Hong Kong when you leave the page. I haven't been able to fix that.

If you did not get one of the devotion booklets, try this link:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/5416805/Devotions-Sept-2008

Next post across the ocean I hope: Amsterdam? Tanzania!

Peace,

Ken