I need a visa

Lately I've have been checking my email in hopes of seeing one about my work visa invitation letter.  I finally got one last night.  And now, it's looking like I might not get the invitation letter that I need to apply for my visa for another two weeks.  So the visa probably won't arrive until the day of or a couple days before I leave.  Yikes. I'm hoping to fly out August 26th, so that I can get over at least some jet lag before teaching starts on September 1st, but that might not happen.  Well, either way, I am getting more and more excited!  Now to figure out how to stuff 10 months worth of my life into a couple suitcases...