T-minus 14 hours and counting...

Never thought this time would actually come.

I leave Milwaukee at 2:05 tomorrow on the longest journey of my life to Bangalore, India to work as an Executive of Marketing at "IndiaIT" (the fictional name I've chosen to protect myself and my blog from prosecution). It really still hasn't hit me that I'll be gone for about a year, and probably won’t till I’ve been there for a few weeks and realize I’m not going home any time in the near future. Although I may be back to visit as early as November, it's still pretty crazy to think that I'll literally be half-way around the earth. Seriously, check an atlas. As excited as I am for the work and the experience, I'm also scared about being immersed in a completely new culture with which I have had practically no experience. But when you think about it, fear is an emotion brought on by excitement. One can not exist without the other. So I think that excitement, along with anxiety, is what I’m currently experiencing. The fear is more surrounding my 28 hour-long travel day tomorrow. Damn!!!

Obviously, this is my first post to my blog and I'm new at it so please bear with me as I navigate the ins and outs of web logs. I’ll soon be posting pictures of practically everything I see, from the sights in India to my apartment and office. I’ll keep this one short, but check back as often as your little heart desires to hear about my international exploits. Peace.