The go ahead--(to sum up)

Ok, first of all I never thought that this trip would actually happen. When I first told Terri that my friends Becky and Kathy were moving there for work (Becky working as an environmental guru for the Asia foundation and Kathy as a teacher of all things Math and Science) I thought Terri would read the email, think "cool, always wanted to go there" and then delete it and get on with her day.


I really should have known better............


So when she called a few days after and started talking dates, I had to tell her that there was no way I could afford to get over there. Phil and I had just bought a house, he's going to a very cool but very pricey art school and even though Mongolia might be cheaper than say, London or Paris, the airfare was never going to show up on price line as a $399 round trip deal.

OK, Terri has always crushed all the evil step-mom stereotypes. She went above and beyond though when she called a few weeks later and said "You plan for it, I'll pay for it!" We started our preliminary plans, when can we go (summer) can Phil come with us (no, school and work) would anybody else want to come (most people laugh but Jeri says maybe). I ordered my Lonely Planet guides since the bookstores in Savannah apparently don't stock Travel guides for Mongolia (India, Italy, Japan, Korea,Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands etc...) Let the planning begin!