On Monday, my visa finally came in the mail. I'm so excited because I can breathe a little easier than my last trip to Russia. Last time, did not get it until the night before my flight and that sucked. So I am very glad that I do not need to go through that whole ordeal again. Now I can just sit back and relax. Well....not really relax since I still have a BUNCH of stuff to buy, and I still haven't given my 2 weeks notice at work yet.  But I will probably be doing that either this Sunday or Monday. not really sure yet.... These next 3 weeks or so before I leave are going to be so hectic and crazy for me since, as I said....I need to buy stuff and work. But also, I need to spend as much time with the family as possible, and meet up with friends who I haven't seen in forever. And I also have a friend coming in from New Zealand who I wanna hang out with too. We're both actually flying out of L.A. to Russsia on the same day, since we're also both going to be working together. Anyways........I wish it was that week already where I'm just on vacation a week before my flight, lol!