Almost there!

Good news! My visa came back on Friday and it's officially time to start looking at plane tickets! I was looking at them this weekend and couldn't believe how long the flights are! Maybe I should have looked into that before choosing India... just kidding! On the way there, I have to leave on Thursday in order to get there by Saturday!!!! And that's with only a 5 hour layover! On the way home, one of the flights has a 17HOUR LAYOVER in London! Yikes!!! On the flip side, maybe I could get out and do some sightseeing! :) I'm gunna wait and keep looking at all the flight options.

My final payment to Habitat is due on October 10th so if anyone is thinking about making a donation... please help a sista out before that date :) If you would like to donate in my name, please make sure to include my ID # which is 9309-9409 and the trip code (GV11303). Love you all and am completely floored by all of your generosity!

It's Visa time!

Hello all!!! It's official, I have just sent in my visa application... to the tune of $73 plus the required overnight FEDEX to AND from the place! Boo! My fingers are crossed and I am going to be buying my plane ticket when I get the Visa back. The team leader told us "make sure that you don't tell them that you are going with Habitat... just put that you are there on a tourist visa because otherwise it will take months to get it approved" but then he had us use Habitat India as our reference in the country!! To this he replied "I know, it's ridiculous but this is India... trust me, we do this all the time." How can a country that is so lax require me to send in copies of my birth certificate, a recent utility bill and entrust them with my passport?!?!? Keeping my fingers crossed!!!!: :)