T minus 10 hours

It is the night before leaving for Sri Lanka, and if it were not for the 100lbs of stuff by the front door, I'd say it wasn't true. I'm mixed with excitement for this trip and sadness for leaving home again. I will have been away for 5 of the pasts 12 months because of school. I married a tolerant woman - thank you Agatha for putting up with me. Bernie picked up almost all of the requested stuff for Sri Lanka, and we packaged about 50# of it in a rubber container fastened with box tape. A wedding dress from China for one of the kids was the last item stuffed into my yellow check-on bag, zipper attempting to bust at the seams. Can't wait to get there!