counting down

Well we're just about ready. Things are finally packed and ready to go, and we're all a bit too wired to sleep yet. We're hoping by staying up late we'll sleep better on the plane tomorrow. We fly out of Dallas at 9:30 to Chicago, and then we leave for Beijing around 12:45 if all goes well. We get to Beijing on Friday night and crash in our hotels. Saturday we get to see the Great Wall and some other cool stuff so hopefully I'll be able to figure out how to download some pictures. Next post should be after we've landed in China! Later.