Day Before a Journey

Its the day before my flight to Philadelphia and my trip to China actually begins. I haven't finished packing and don't really know how ready I am. Ill start with two days in New Jersey with Gordon and Baby George at Gordon's house. We will then go from New Jersey to New York to fly from New York to Shanghai. After a 15 hour flight I will be half way around the world finally getting to see where my brother Max has grown up and lived his whole life as well as meeting my long lost chinese parents that I won't be able to communicate a single word with. While I still have the rest of the day and morning to finish packing and running the final errands before my big journey begins the rest of my thoughts will swell....

A few days later and putting the final things into bags for this trip, I'm about an hour away from leaving. I'm getting really excited about getting there as I finish the final errands for the trip like registering at the US Embassy in Shanghai as well as calling the bank about using my debit card in China. My final e-mails from Max before leaving are very exciting and I can't wait to get on my way. Be ready for pictures and updates soon. Hopefully future posts will have more substance, this time is just rushed to get out the door.