An Early Beginning

We began our journey one day earlier than planned.  As my nervousness increased due to the dire winter storm warnings, I decided to see if we could fly out on Tuesday rather than Wednesday as scheduled.  I'm usually optimistic that everything will turn out OK, but this time I was concerned that if we didn't get out on time on Wednesday, we would miss our flight to Auckland and like a domino setup, all my best laid plans would one by one fall down.  So we are sitting in a hotel room in L.A. bored to tears, but with the certain knowledge that we will be on the plane to New Zealand tonight!  We are about to watch "The Social Network" on the TV, so that will help to pass the time.  Next blog from Auckland!