The journey begins

After a solid 90 minutes of sleep last night, we are now in transit to Hong Kong. As an optimistic thought, maybe our lack of sleep puts us closer to the time zone in China. Our generous neighbor Scott got up early to drive us to Dulles Airport and so far things have been smooth. With that said, it is very difficult to believe we are on our way. It is so hard to imagine what the next few days will be like. This past week has been full of excitement and tension as we worked on getting ourselves organized. In addition to looking forward, we have also needed to figure out what it means to be moving on from the kind of life we have had for many years now. There is a lot that we will exchange for this new adventure and I have been nostalgic. I am looking forward to pondering this more during our 5-hour layover in Newark today. Then there is also the 16-hour flight during which I can meditate!