We've Got a Date!
Barring unforseen complications, this is where I'll be in exactly two weeks:



It looks sort of like Chicago to me, for some reason. But contrary to popular belief (and the worries of friends and family), it's a thoroughly modern city, not a third world rural chop shop. ;)

So we finally got our plane tickets, and they cost a pretty penny - $8,500 for two tickets! Yowza. At least it wasn't the $14,500 it could have been if we didn't find the Brazilian ticket broker that meant we'd have to fly on TAM and have multiple connections. If it gets us there in one piece, I'm happy, even if it means a lot of layovers. $6,000 is a lot of money to save, and makes it worth the inconvenience of traveling 50+ hours to get to and from Brazil.

We're both having surgery on January 8th. First Paul, and then me a few hours later. My nerves are acting up, but on the bright side, because of those jitters I haven't had much of an appetite and am down to 389 lbs. Paul bought me a new toy for Christmas that will make posting from Brazil super simple.

More as we get closer to the date I'm leaving.