Night before departure

As I scramble to pack my bike in its cardboard box and stuff t-shirts into my backpack, I find that I'm mostly occupied with the flight details and not thinking too much about what work and life in NZ will actually be like. I'll be on 5 flights--Baltimore to Charlotte, NC to Los Angeles to Auckland to Christchurch to Dunedin. If the in-flight service and baggage handlers are at all similar to those offered by Emirates Airlines, I will be very happy indeed. Next post from halfway around the globe.