T-13 hours!

This week has literally been a whirlwind of emotions. Just this morning I was in Akron, OH – my second home for over the last 2 years of my life – wrapping up a project and saying goodbye to some very close colleagues.

My cake said “Best Wishes, Reeya” in “burnt” orange! We just ate it quickly =)

After hopping on my last plane from Cleveland to Chicago this afternoon, I rushed home to triple check my bags and run some last minute errands. Right now I’m feeling a mix of excitement and nervousness (this might be partly due to the stuffed poblano pepper I had for dinner), but I think that once our plane touches down in Danang, the nervousness will fade away. We had our final call with the team on Tuesday morning where we had the opportunity to talk to our in-country manager and run through our final checklist. After cross-checking that list with the many post-its I have collected over the last month – I think I can actually breathe easy. My flight leaves at lunchtime tomorrow…and after ~24 hours of travel, I will finally be in Vietnam!