Counting down...

I hesitate to say this, but I think we are in the "final stretch."  We got an email yesterday indicating that we are now OFFICIALLY waiting for our travel approval (TA).  It can take 3 to 8 weeks from today to get our TA.  From that point, we will be traveling in 2 to 4 weeks.  So, that means that the very earliest we will be going to China is the end of August.  The latest would be October, barring any unforeseen obstacles.  I am still hopeful that it will be August, while Mike is thinking September.  I think it's funny that we are now "officially" waiting.  What have we been doing for the past 6 years?  I guess we have been "unofficially" waiting.  Speaking of the past 6 years, I calculated (with help from convertunits.com) that since the day our paperwork was officially logged into the system in China (9/4/06) we have been waiting 2,138 days.  It has been 5 years, 10 months and 8 days.  But who's counting?  Thanks for hanging in there with us!