And this fact is evoking a lot of mixed emotions in me.  The excitement of adventure combined with the nerves of the unknown has created quite a conglomerate of feelings.  I won't go into the details of all that since who wants to hear about "emotions and stuff" as Jason likes to say.  So, I'll move on to some of the juicier stuff, like the fact we just booked our first vacation rental last night for our week in Auckland when we arrive.  Now, maybe that's not juicy for anyone but me, but after weeks of overthinking where we will stay I finally dove in and made the reservation.  I have the luxury of time right now, since I'm not working, so it's easy to overthink things.  I however hope while on our trip I'll be able to be more spontaneous, and make quicker decisions. 

So, some other things that we've done as of now since my last entry:

• Cancelled Tivo, MusicMatch, Gym membership
• Rented our home to a family who have three year old twins
• Purchased a Cingular Blackberry Phone with an International Service Plan
• Finalized our itinerary and purchased our plane tickets (which we received in the mail yesterday)
• Booked our first vacation rental in Auckland
• Lots of research on many countries
• Sent out our passports to get additional visa page inserts added since this was recommended to us
• Found a home for Hank for the first 6 months
• Final dentist visit
• Chiropractic visits for Jason to get his back feeling better
• Obtained years worth of medication prescriptions
• Obtained the Point It book, which has little photos of popular items that will no doubt help with communication
• Most importantly, we made the final decision on a passport cover for Jason