Crunch time!

Yes, I know it's 3 AM. I'm sitting in bed listening to "Glee" (which has become my musical comfort food, and almost filled the void that "Lost" has left in my life) and thinking about what a crazy weekend I have ahead of me and how the summer, as always, went by far too fast. I'm leaving in 3 DAYS!!! And even though I'm mostly packed, and have all my shots, and have been excitedly preparing for this since February, I can't help but feel totally unprepared and downright petrified at the thought of leaving. I know that this was the right decision, and I know it's gonna be the time of my life, and I know it's gonna make me a better person, and honestly, I can't even pinpoint what it is that scares me so much, but I can't help but just feel scared. It's not flying, or terrorists, or lions, or mosquitos, or even missing half a season of all my shows (although that is an unfortunate consequence...) Funny, with all the lecturing and reading materials I got about "Culture Shock," none of them mentioned that it would happen before I even left! I guess repeatedly explaining every detail about the trip that I knew to people that I barely know made it seem like not that big of a deal for so long, and now all of a sudden I'm forced to remember that it is, in fact, a really, REALLY big deal. Probably one of the biggest deals of my life so far. So there's my current state of mind, if anyone was curious. I promise the posts will get much more uplifting and colorful from here! This is a blog about my fun, happy, exciting adventures in Africa, not about all my melodramatic middle of the night rants...