T-minus 48 (round 2)

OK, so now that we got the dress rehearsal for my departure to India out of the way I'm optimistic that this second time around will become the real deal!  I just got back from my final check-up with my doctor and he has cleared me to head to India, so I'm rebooked for Thursday morning, arriving in India at 3pm on Friday, 12/16.  I feel great and I'm ready and excited to go! 

I am not sure if I had shared this previously that despite my many years of international travel I recently seemed to have lost my expertise in the "art of packing lightly"  (my former colleagues would be so disappointed in me!).  However, the doctor visit did help out a small bit in this regard.  He said it will be many weeks before I should exercise (run in particular, which is my exercise of choice), so I can now unpack many of the excercise clothes that I'd managed to stuff into my suitcase....Now if I could just unload all of the mosquito repellant I'm having to schlep over there I think I could cut the weight of my suitcase in half!  However, we all know now that mosquito repellent is my new best friend and we're going to be attached at the hip from November 16th at 2:59pm (the minute before I get off that plane) until December 13th at 01:35am (yes, my flight home departs at 1:35am!!!).

Hopefully this will be my last entry until I arrive in India.  Talk to y'all soon!  Also, if you haven't noticed, there should now be a link for you to sign-up to receive e-mail notification when I post something, in case this is easier for you.

Take care!
Sheri