Emailed and talked to the travel agent today.  Have confirmation on the plan tickets.  Emailed the e-cert for them.  Sponser was nice and allowed me to travel on Friday instead of Thursday.  I work Tues-Sat, so that would have been 2 vacation days!

Don't have confirmation on the hotel or ground transportation yet, but it's beginning to feel real now that I have the plane tickets confirmed. !!