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I'm working on a grant for the National Institutes of Health that is due early next week. Once that's done, it's full-on preparation for our month-long Journey to India. Daisy is doing her Santa impression (making her list, checking it thrice) and we received 4 new pieces of luggage the other day. <br><br>The airline tickets are booked and now we just have to finalize some domestic trips while on the sub-continent.<br>

Exciting times! One more day before the big trip and we are doing out last minute preparations before we go. There are things to be packed though and that will get done tonight and then a little bit more tomorrow. We have an evening flight so we should be pretty well rested and ready to scout about Copenhagen as soon as we get checked into the hotel.<br><br>Stay tuned for more!<br>

Well, everything has been going more than perfect since I wrote the tentative schedule. I was able to break my lease, then before I even asked anyone if they knew of a place I could stay, the Thelen's offered a room at their house. God has worked out everything better than I ever could. Well, I knew it was all going too perfect, I knew Satan was going to try something. He did. The family I am supposed to stay with has not yet got back to ...

Well Hello,<br><br>Time is definitely speeding up these days. I have less than a month before I leave for Ukraine. I am filled with many emotions, but excited for all that I am going to be doing in the next two years!<br><br>Today I'm resting, shopped a decent part of the weekend trying to get ready. Went to REI and bought several ...

Thanks to Rob for allowing me to stay in his baller ass apartment situated directly on top of a bar, I got to experience the greatness that is Milwaukee (when the weather is nice). I got to hit up a few brewery tours, some sweet bars (spy bar!), cheap beer wasn't hard to find, finally tried out P90X (ouch) and I even experienced the Blink182 ...

... great deals for some really cute shirts and a authentic chinese dress. We bought a few gifts and made it back to the bus in time for our departure back to the hotel. We had a few hours to catch some cold air and then we all met again at 1:30 to go on a cable car tour across the longest river in china. Dave got some great footage on video - sorry didn't get any pics. the interesting part was having to ...

... other town). But that is also thanks to my Blackberry, which I have to write homage about in a separate post, I couldn't do this trip without it, what a life/timesaver. It's so nifty and super duper helpful. More about this later... After cruising thru town, I parked somewhere central and walked the River Walk, very pretty, along the (you guessed it...) the river. Mississippi River? Note to self: Watch for the signs so you can tell people the right ...

... I knew that the University of Wisconsin wasn't where I wanted to be. ( Of course, I should have been a flight attendant, or a travel agent. Great perks. I would say 'pilot' but that was not a typical option for women in 1966, when I graduated from high school. ) It was February in Wisconsin; Spain sounded pretty good. "OK. What'll I tell my parents?" As it turned out, I didn't tell them much. The night before we left, I told them that I was not going to ...

... getting dressed. So back to the front desk for the third time, got assigned yet another room. I sent Walt upstairs to check it out before we moved all the luggage again. This one seemed to be legit, so we hauled the luggage upstairs. I sat down in the chair in the room and was asleep almost instantly and didn't wake up until 8:15 a.m. We connected with the others (Ellen, Tricia and Mary) at breakfast and are in the middle of a lovely day, which I ...

... yet. Then I ask him, where do you live? He says Milwaukee. OK, so I look at the map for how to get there and what do you know, I could go through Canada or south of Lake Erie. I've got a lot of fireworks in the toolbox of my truck and I don't know how well the Canucks would take to that, so I opt for the drive south of the lake. So my friend is leaving to fly back home and I tell him I'll see him in 2 days. Driving out there, I decided to ...