Getting ready for departure...

Well, it's about 80 hours and counting until take-off ... and the nerves are building up. Most of my things are gathered together, and it's just taking care of all of that last minute business, such as bills, Mark's new apartment, and the like. I'm meeting with the CHF Program Officer for Romania today to discuss their crafts industry. Hopefully, it will pay off and I can walk into the local office knowing more than they expect me to. Working in the crafts industry appeals to me a lot more than developing hotel associations! Not that they aren't equally important, mind you, but it's just a matter of preference. :-)

Well, I won't bore you all with the horrendously long list of details on what I have in store before I go, but I hope to be back online and writing on either Sunday or Monday, to let you all know how my first few days went!