Your Mission, should you choose to accept it...

I've been invited, by my Professor, to join a JGS (Japanese Geological Society) collaborative mission to China, following the SiChuan Earthquake in May.

The dates of travel have now been set, although we are still unsure of where precisely we will be allowed to visit (due to safety issues and other less official factors). The visa applications are on their way and details of our journey to ChengDu are being finalised via a volley of emails. I am starting to feel like I should be more important than I actually am. Having glimpsed the list of the Geotechnical Team Members, I am the only female and possibly the least qualified person on the entire team.

I am starting to feel very small.