The night before...

5 days of unemployment, 0 episodes of The Price Is Right, lots of better-eat-this-before-I-leave, and 46 trips to Target later, I think I'm finally packed and ready to go. I'm now calming myself with a glass of wine and some hockey -- Go Canes! My flight leaves tomorrow at 11:30AM so Dad's picking me up at 8:30 for breakfast and an inevitable last-minute trip to the store.

I'll be on the flight from JFK to Cape Town with two other members of my group. There are 7 of us total, all staying for different amounts of time. Several are college students, one girl is my age and works for the volunteer organization (Cross Cultural Solutions), another is an older woman and one is a mystery. Hopefully we'll get along because we'll be spending LOTS of time together at the home base :-)

To avoid writer's block... and because I'm type A... I'm going to attempt to add a little structure to my blog by answering similar questions on each post. The idea is for these to be updates from the last post:

1. Coolest thing I've seen:
2. Most interesting thing I've done:
3. Recent funny/embarrassing moment:
4. Most frustrating/difficult/uncomfortable situation faced (or in corporate speak, "most valuable learning experience"):
5. Best food/drink I've had:
6. Plans for the upcoming weekend:
7. Other general commentary

Any other suggestions?

Thanks for all the well wishes. Next time you hear from me, I'll be in Africa!