Leaving on a jet plane

8/25/2009
Long time, no update! I plan to change that soon!

Today I leave for an assignment in Australia! I'll be there for ~ 4weeks. Its a long time, I know. Poor Anna, I just had gotten back from a 2 week vacation without her and now I'm gone for another 4 weeks!

Once I get to Australia, I'll be in Sydney. For those that have asked, I've already looked for 42 Wallaby Lane, Sydney. No dice. I should be arriving at ~7am Thursday 8/27 Sydney time.

The first few nights I'll be in a hotel but after that I'll be in a short stay apartment. Its pretty exciting, I'll share pictures once I can (though I think I forgot my camera cable, we'll see what I can pull together).

The start of my travels was rough. My first flight (from Appleton to Minneapolis) departed about 1h15min late due to congestion in MPLS. Apparently one of the runways in MPLS is closed due to construction. It sure was a mad dash from B-terminal to G-terminal! Even after the tram, there was quite a bit of hiking to make it. My second leg was running about 10minutes late, good thing too because I needed every minute of it. I made it onbaord, whew! Needless to say, no time to grab any food ;( Just peanuts on the flight.

Now I'm in the V-Australia lounge at LAX, its 12:30pm at home, 10:30pm local. They've got drinks and some veggies, hopefully there is a meal on the flight ;) The next flight is ~14.5 hrs long, should be exciting. I'm hoping to catch some Zzzs but I have a poor track record of that on flights.

Talk to you all later! Have a great day!
-Terry