Flight Booked, Provincewide Bumped

I received my intinerary today for the flights to and from Sri Lanka... The first leg of the trip is direct from Toronto to Hong Kong, it is 15 hours and 55 minutes! From there 3 hours and 5o minutes to Sinapore, then 3 hours and 40 minutes from Singapore to Colombo. Yes, if you did the math, I will be in the air for almost 24 hours! Yikes. I am not a nervous flier, but the length of this trip is making me nervous... that is a lot of sleepless hours to entertian myself without going crazy. Oh well, it will be worth it.

I also found out today that the piece that Diane Vernille is doing for CTV's Provincewide will air at 6:30 this Sunday (December 17) not as originally planned on Christmas Eve. She is doing a special on the anniversary of the tsunami. Tune in for a good laugh... me saying crazy things, and Michele and I demonstrating programming techniques (yes, that means singing and dancing, ugh).

It is real...

I am going to Sri Lanka. Leaving on January 11th, returning January 30th. It is really going to happen! Sorry for repeating myself, I am just a little shocked... after so much waiting, it is finally happening. The flights will be booked today.

Needless to say, I am excited, oh, and slightly terrified about all the work that needs to be done. I have to start working full out on the mission plan. But, the other good news is that it sounds like I will actually get to go to Batticaloa, and maybe even Trincomalee. This makes me even happier. I had thought the mission would end up being in Colombo and the staff from the two communities would come there... to get to the communities, and see the libraries is HUGE. I think it will make the mission, and future missions, much more beneficial... I NEED to see the libraries and meet the community. Yaaaahhhhhh.

In the time since they went home the Sri Lankan library staff have been really busy, and they have been trying new things. It is so exciting, I am so impressed. The Trincomalee staff organized a three part seminar for students preparing for their exams. By the look of their audience, they had a great turnout for a homework program, and they clearly have a few things to teach me! I would love to see a group teenagers this size at KPL.

That is all for now. Once I have more details I will post again. And, I really hope that I am going to be able to figure out a way to post while I am there.

More soon,

Laura :-)