For those of you who are curious...

Aliza's impressions of her trip so far can be found on her blog: http://www.alizalibman.blogspot.com/

I'm gearing up for my side of the trip this coming Tuesday. Thus far, I've:

-Done all the laundry
-Bought the travel sundries I know I'm missing.
-Tracked down the adapter for my laptop.
-Herded all of the rechargeable batteries into one location
-Encrypted the home folders on my laptop, and made sure my security tracking software is up to date.
-Realized that my cable lock is busted and arranged to borrow my sister's
-Tidied most of the apartment
-Registered my trip with the State Department in case I need consular assistance. (Not that I've ever done that before, but I figure it's worth a try once.)
-Picked up Aliza's new sunglasses to bring to her.
-Obtained a few shekels.
-Called the credit card companies to let them know I'll be traveling, and not to block my card once international charges show up.

I still need to:

-Set my out of office messages at work (e-mail and voicemail).
-Take out cash to convert once I arrive.
-Visit the safe deposit box.
-Figure out if I want a money belt, or to just rely on the clothing I own that has hidden pockets.
-Get keys to my dad, who's agreed to take in our mail.
-Actually pack.
-Print out my boarding pass, which becomes available tomorrow morning.
-Pull my passport out of our lockbox.
-Try not to look too closely at my passport photo.

I'll talk more about my trip later.

For those of you who are curious...

Aliza's impressions of her trip so far can be found on her blog: http://www.alizalibman.blogspot.com/

I'm gearing up for my side of the trip this coming Tuesday. Thus far, I've:

-Done all the laundry
-Bought the travel sundries I know I'm missing.
-Tracked down the adapter for my laptop.
-Herded all of the rechargeable batteries into one location
-Encrypted the home folders on my laptop, and made sure my security tracking software is up to date.
-Realized that my cable lock is busted and arranged to borrow my sister's
-Tidied most of the apartment
-Registered my trip with the State Department in case I need consular assistance. (Not that I've ever done that before, but I figure it's worth a try once.)
-Picked up Aliza's new sunglasses to bring to her.
-Obtained a few shekels.
-Called the credit card companies to let them know I'll be traveling, and not to block my card once international charges show up.

I still need to:

-Set my out of office messages at work (e-mail and voicemail).
-Take out cash to convert once I arrive.
-Visit the safe deposit box.
-Figure out if I want a money belt, or to just rely on the clothing I own that has hidden pockets.
-Get keys to my dad, who's agreed to take in our mail.
-Actually pack.
-Print out my boarding pass, which becomes available tomorrow morning.
-Pull my passport out of our lockbox.
-Try not to look too closely at my passport photo.

I'll talk more about my trip later.