We have visas!!!

We now have our visas to go to Sakhalin!  YEA!!  We went to the Russian Embassy today and turned in the massive pile of paperwork required and returned with visas pasted in our passports.  I feel like I have achieved something major, probably since we have been working toward and waiting on this moment for a long time.  We leave Doha for good 2 weeks from today. I will miss it and our friends here, but we are ready...at least mentally.  Physically - well, let's just say I have quite a bit of packing to do between now and then!