Today was packing day. I will be checking one item--a large heavy-duty cardboard box weighing just under 45 pounds. Thanks to Glenn at JAARS P&S for helping me to tape and band the box so that it will travel well!

Departure tomorrow morning is scheduled for 3:45 from our home, 6:15 from Charlotte airport, and 10:15 from Washington, DC (Dulles). If I've done the math right, I will then have a 13-hour non-stop flight to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, scheduled to arrive just before midnight EDT, but at the start of the Ethiopian day. I'd better get some sleep on that flight or Friday/Saturday is going to be a v-e-r-y long day!