Home again, home again ... in 22 hours???

I'm sitting in the airport in Canberra. I've been sitting in the airport in Canberra for three and a half hours. I am in the executive lounge with free food and liquor, but still ... that's a long time to sit. I'm close to boarding my plane to head back to Sydney where I will spend the night and then fly all the bloody way back home tomorrow (for me, but I will arrive in your tomorrow!). How's this for exciting? My flight leaves Sydney on Wednesday at 10:20am and arrives JFK at 5:20pm. For those trying to do the global math, that is about 22 hours of flight time. Goodness gracious.

The trip has been very good. I've just finished my two real work days here in Canberra and have officially handed over the Global Network for Public Theology to the Australians. It feels nice to be done and close to heading back home. Unfortunately I have had very limited internet access and my plugs don't work here so my laptop has been dead for awhile now, which means no new pictures as of yet. But I will put some up when I get home Wednesay because there are A LOT.

My favorite things about Australia ...

1) Leaving my room a mess and coming back to find all my clothes folded and put away and my bed made (I see now why people pay to stay in 5 star hotels)

2) Watching the sun rise over the Opera House and set over the Opera Bridge

3) It is so CLEAN here!!! No kidding. No litter. It's beautiful.

4) They serve you free fresh sandwiches and wine on a 30 minute flight. That's pretty awesome.

5) Traveling for work means ordering lots of steak and cosmopolitans ... something I can definitely get used to :)

6) They have kangaroos like New Jersey has deer

Okay, well with those deep thoughts I will now leave you. If you read this before 5:30pm EST on Wednesday, please shoot out a little prayer for me. When I get back I will probably be able to update you on my thoughts on every movie released in the last 6 months (for any interested).