One Step Closer

In what turned out to be as smooth a process as I could have dreamed I applied for and was granted an "F" visa for travel to China good for 180 days and renewable twice; for those of you lacking Andy Johnson's math skills, at the most I'll be in the People's Republic for 18 months. I also finally got a copy of Frommer's "Guide to Shanghai" (I always thought Frommer's was made up for the movie "Eurotrip"... evidently I was wrong) and am getting really excited about seeing the city literally transform while I am there as they prepare to host the 2010 Olympic Games. Planning on spending some serious time unpacking the boxes from Madison and figuring out what's going with me for the rest of the day and then eating a great dinner of anything besides Chinese.