In Preparation

It is Wednesday, February 21, 2007 and I am less than 48 from the beginning of what I can only assume will be one of the major adventures of my life.

I leave for Tanzania on Friday, and I am a bundle of mixed feelings. I am extremely excited about exploring something amazingly different; I am nervous because I am entering "new territory," very unfamiliar territory; I am sad because I will be leaving my loved ones for a long time, and I cannot wait to start this true SAFARI.