4...3...2...1...fly away!

We are 4 days away from leaving for Russia, and thankfully we received our passports/visas last Friday via FedEx.  I've never been so happy to see a FedEx package in all my life.  It is really stressful to not have your passport in your possession!  They arrived with our printed intinerary and various other paperwork. 
This evening will be spent doing laundry and starting to pack...I've tried to think ahead and get a headstart but that hasn't happened really.  So....might as well get started! HAHA! Well, I will keep you posted on anything else before we go, but my next post will probably be from an airport somewhere or Russia. =)

Visas are APPROVED!

We heard this week that our visas were approved by the Russian government!  Wahoo!!! Now we just need them FedExed back to us....I'm excited we are approved but I'll be much happier when it's in my hot little hand again!
That's all for now, not much else to update. =)

Oh....

where? oh, where? has my passport gone?  oh, where? oh, where could it be?
We hate waiting...."hurry up and wait" syndrome is not good for these two ladies!
(That and I have nothing new the blog about till I receive them!)

Visa's are in progress...

Kathy and I sent off our Russian visa paperwork this week.  I about had a heart attack when Christina 'I can't pronounce or type her last name because it's Russian' asked for our passports to be sent too...!
Me: "You mean a copy right?" C: "No the ORIGINAL passport." Me: "What?!?! Why?!?! I don't just mail my passport." C: "This is a requirement for Russian visa. It is glued into your passport and its impossible take it out without tearing page out. You can check this requirement at Russian consulate website at:
http://www.russianembassy.org/" Me: "Ok, fine I'll mail it today...."
Needless to say, it was a bit stressful. Oh and then Kathy also finds out of school pic won't work for the visa pic b/c it isn't the "all white background" like a passport pic....so off we went after school like mad women to Drug Warehouse to get passport pics taken.  That way my passport, which has my pic, can have my Russian visa glued in with the new pic...hmmm two pics in one passport...ok...
So basically they are molesting my passport as we speak, gluing in Russian paper and a pic of me which was with a ponytail....so DOES NOT look like my passport pic.  They'll probably keep me forever because they don't match...LOL!
But honestly, I AM EXCITED to go! Just don't like paperwork and other shenanagins!

Russian Visa

Hmmm...there are questions on this Russian Visa paperwork that are really making me think.  And then there are questions that I'm thinking 'how is important?' or 'i don't even have an answer for that.'  Such as 'List your last two places of work, excluding the current one,' well........that would be a college/hs job like being a carhop or a babysitter. LOL! Do they really need that information for me to enter their country?!?!?! So I guess I should continue with the ridiculous paperwork rather than complaining about it on here...............