We're off the captain shouted, slightly off!

Mom's yelling at us to go load the car. Thought I'd say goodbye first.

I woke up nervous for the first time--the Science Olympiad nervous where my stomach tingles. It was nice though; I'd dealt with this before and had two options: ignore it or throw up. I ignored it.

Had a lovely breakfast, one last walk on the beach with my dog begging us to throw her a ball, and a swim. The water was all of 55 degrees and I got a brain freeze going under more than once, but I'd be damned if I didn't get one last swim in my Lake.

Off to Chicago now. Late lunch/early dinner with Clare, seeing the kittens, then off to the airport for a travel time of more than 24 hours. I arrive in Nairobi at 6:05 am on Tuesday--11:05 pm Monday for those of you in the Eastern time zone.

See ya in December, Michigan. Wish me luck.

T-minus 14 days

In two weeks I head to Chicago, to board a plane to London, to board a plane to Nairobi, to spend a semester in Kenya and Tanzania. I'm going with a group from my school; we will have a few homestays and lots of travel. After Africa it's two and a half weeks in Europe for me: Dublin, London, Strasbourg and Nantes. Plus a few hours in Paris.

This is my blog; I will update as I can, whenever I have internet and time. Feel free to read, comment, forward to friends. Keep me updated on your lives as I keep you updated on mine.

“When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” - Susan Heller