Visa Day

So tomorrow is visa day. Should be a good time, standing in the consulate filling out forms with our good little kiddies. I am hoping everything is simple and that the turnaround time is short enough that we get them before we need to leave on May 17th. Oh yeah, we booked flights for all of us for May 17th on Air Transat. I've never flown Air Transat before. The flight is 9.5 hours long and we have to be at the airport three hours early for some reason or they may give our seats away. Add to that an hour or so for collecting luggage in Frankfurt and getting through immigration, and we will have a 14 hour airport/plane excursion that I am sure Reese and Erika will just adore.

I was reminded yesterday of how close the end of my degree is when we had a little farewell to another Ph.D. student, Yusuf. Most of my friends from the Biomedical Engineering department have moved on in the past year or so, and me and Rob are pretty much all that is left from our original cohort. It's sort of sad, I suppose, Edmonton and U of A were pretty decent for us, except for living in the projects.

Jeff