two days till takeoff...

I am almost completely packed. The bag I will check is under the 44lbs limit by about 10lbs, but it's also totally stuffed. I ended up evicting most of a bottle of aloe, a brush (seeing as how I currently lack hair), and several toothbrushes. Fun items I packed include stickers, a Swahili phrasebook, and about a gazillion ballpoint pens.

There was a period of about ten minutes where I freaked out because I couldn't find my passport, but then I followed Emily's advice ("Look in stupid places!") and found it in an envelope marked Important Documents which was tucked inside a hanging file titled Medical Stuff in my filebox. All is good.

Except I still have to finish both my essays, and they're due by August 31 before I get on the plane.

Here's my flight information for the trip from PDX to Nairobi:

[August 31 - September 2, 2008]
1:44pm leave PDX on United 464
7:38pm arrive Chicago/O'Hare
9:31pm leave Chicago/O'Hare on United 938
11:15am arrive London/Heathrow
7:15pm leave London/Heathrow on Virgin Atlantic 671
6:05am arrive Nairobi

and, just in case I lose the papers, here's the flight info for Nairobi to Munich:

[December 16, 2008]
10:10am leave Nairobi on Virgin Atlantic 672
4:05pm arrive London/Heathrow
7:40pm leave London/Heathrow on British Airways 0958
10:40pm arrive Munich

...and Munich to PDX:
[December 22, 2008]
7:00am leave Munich on British Airways 0947
8:20am arrive London/Heathrow
12noon leave London/Heathrow on United 919
3:33pm arrive Washington/Dulles
5:45pm leave Washington/Dulles on United 251
8:39pm arrive PDX

check back on September 1st

Heads up: During RA Training (or CLA Training if you're not so into kicking it oldschool style), I will continue posting over at my old LJ. Email me if you need the url. I've decided to use this blog exclusively for East Africa entries. Africa entries may be few and far between because my internet access will be sporadic at best.

My flight leaves PDX on August 31 at 1:44pm, stops in some city that I think starts with a D, and arrives in London/Heathrow around noon on September 1st.