Salut !!!

I can now officially call myself a world traveler! In the last three days I have flown alone for the first time, traveled into Europe for the first time (even though it was only 1 sort of stressful hour) and landed in Cameroon. There are 32 people in my group, and they're all awesome! We landed in the airport and it was a little chaotic but we all got through customs and made it to the hotel in Younde. I'm sharing a room for the next 5 days with a really nice girl named Liz and then from there we all head about 1/2 hour out of town to where our PST (pre-service training) will be. I'm sorry this is such a short message but my time on the computer is very limited, but all is well and i am confident that this will be an adventure of a life time :)

Peace,

Kate

Packing My Life Up

Step 1: lay everything out on the living room floor in a giant pile

Step 2: repackage everything in zip lock baggies, and yes I mean everything ;)

Step 3: cram it all into a duffel, a travel pack, and a back pack

Now the test will be tomorrow when I take it all to get weighed... something tells me a few things aren't going to make the cut

It's Crunch Time

So as of today I have 9 days until I depart for Peace Corps. I'm feeling really excited because I've been waiting so long for this to actually happen, but I'm also starting to get some of the pre-departure jitters. I'm thinking that this is normal and I mean who wouldn't feel a least a tiny bit anxious about leaving the country for 2 years. Lucky for me the excitement is heavily out weighing the nerves :)

Today I went shopping with my parents to get a few last min. items. I picked up some skirts and shirts and a planner. The whole leaving at the end of summer has actually worked out really well because everything is marked way down on the sale racks. I like to think of it as the silver lining to the previous trip being cancelled.

I other news I AM THE WORLDS WORST PROCRASTINATOR. I mean I've known this for a long time but every time i do it i just think, "why do I do this to myself?" I have 14 hours of French left to do and I'm trying to have it all done by Friday. I just keep telling myself I work better under a little bit of pressure.

Lastly tomorrow and Thursday are my last days at the Potter's House. I'm so glad that I decided to work there this summer, and I'm definitely going to miss all my new friends!