Almost Time

Two Weeks left now until staging on the East Coast. I'll land on the 29th in the city we do our staging in, check out of the hotel at 3am on the 30th, and then fly out to South Africa later in the day on the 30th. The time to this point has flown by faster than I ever imagined it would.

I've been traveling a lot over the past month. Road the train to Dallas for a weekend, flew from Dallas to Denver, then back to OKC after about 10 days in Denver. Spent a week working security and working as a body guard, and then flew out to San Diego to see one friend from Oklahoma, one friend from Highschool, and Donna who lives in SD. I met her at a conference in DC this year in May and kept in touch because we have so many similarities in our past/future plans. Amazingly, she and I both applied to the Peace Corps, and with a few twists of fate wound up going to Moz for the same program and the same dates of service. She and I caught up, talk a lot about Peace Corps, she showed me around SD (tourist style), and then I flew home. It makes it a great deal easier to have known for almost 6 months now, someone that I will serve alongside in Peace Corps.

I haven't packed my bags yet, and I still have a lot of clothing and other items to buy. I plan to have everything bought and packed by the end of this weekend. Whish me luck.