Here I am in Washington, DC the night before I get on my first of thirteen flights to venture off to Fiji, Australia, and Indonesia for the next three weeks for the first time in my life. Thankfully my to do list has shortened to a managable size, and the most important of that list is to sleep through tonight. Just a couple of errands to run and a few calls to make before my attempt to slumber through a night equivalent to a 7 year old's Christmas Eve.
In recent conversations with Chris Taylor, my Australian tennis champion travel buddy, I've found out that the monumental flooding in the Brisbane, Australia area has come within a half mile of his apartment. He doesn't have the Internet right now to even read this because the flooding has wiped out his connection. Thankfully he lives on a hill, so his locale has gone unscathed. He reassured me that the Brisbane airport is operating as usual and I shouldn't have anything to worry about. All I know is, thank goodness for travel insurance!
Fingers crossed and lots of prayers for a safe and uninterrupted arrival!
My journey will begin tomorrow at 7:30am when my generous friend, Rachel Whisenant, picks me up at my apartment to take me to DCA. I'll have plenty of time once I arrive to LAX to document the first leg of the trip.
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