The countdown begins . . .

Welcome all family and dear friends! We are officially on the countdown, less than seven days until lift off. For those of you who don't know, Todd and I are headed to Thailand for three months! Why three months you ask? It's to save my sanity really. After we both had an intense year of work, show after show and putting up with that disgusting gray summer, we felt it was time go. Why Thailand you ask? Because it's CHEAP! It has some of the world's most beautiful beaches and it wil be easy to travel to neighboring countries. Thus maximizing our three months abroad.
A word to the wise: for those of you who are like me and have never left America, learn from our mistakes. Try to get everything in order a couple of months before you leave. Todd and I learned the hard way and almost cut our trip short, by not applying for a 90 day visa early enough and not recieving our immunizations early enough. Luckily we've got some good mojo workin' and have been meeting all of the right people to help speed up these processes for us. By the way, I'd like to send a shout out to that awesome British nurse who so kindly injected and pumped our bodies full of virus killing drugs; and thanks to that cool dude at the Thai Consulate in Chicago for actually picking up the phone!!!
Todd and I are leaving late late Sunday night, November 9th. (What I don't doubt will be another cold and dark Alaskan night.) We have tried our hardest to spend as much time with all of you before we leave. If we are not able to meet up with you, we are sorry and please rest assure that we will be thinking of you as we lay oh so peacefully on those beautiful white sand beaches. Our love to all of you. We both will miss Alaska terribly, but this is something that we have been dreaming of for a long time, so there is no turning back now! Check back in every now and then, as this may be our only way to share this with most of you. :)