Packing

привет, my friend!

Still in New York... but this may change soon :-)

The past week has been very stressful! The invitation letter was finally issued by Colgate Russia, but people here in New York were trying to identify an agency that could submit the papers to the Russian Consulate. There were also some questions in regards to the letter from Russia, and for a split second I thought that the whole process would come to a halt and that I would have to apply for a visa all over again.

They applied for my visa this past Thursday, and I hope to get my lovely passport with a lovely Russian visa next Tuesday. If everything goes according to plan, I should hop on the plane on Thursday and be in Moscow on Friday. On Tuesday night people will throw a farewell party for me at work, probably accompanied by a roast. Sh-t, I'm sure my VP will have a list with 100 jokes on me!

I spent the whole day packing, and hopefully everything will fit in 2 large suitcases and 1 small bag. I don't want to be walking around the airport like a Brazilian smuggler coming back from Miami with 20 iPod Nanos hidden in my private parts.

Here's a picture of me wearing an ugly Russian hat that I bought when I first moved to New York. I was talking to my mom on the phone, hence me not smiling :-)



I hope the next post will have some more good news.

пока!