I’ve been so busy with work, I really don’t even have much of an idea what all I’ll be doing on this trip. I’ve had to be content to leave the details to the others. I was as close to finished with all mywork as I could get, and finally had to just sign off and attempt to go to bed.

Thankfully, Shannon had basically packed all my stuff for the trip. All night long before the travel day, I kept constantly waking up. My sleep was terrible, and it was literally every 30 minutes or so I was looking at the clock anticipating 3:30 AM when I needed to wake up. Finally at 2:57 AM I couldn’t wait any longer, and I got up.