2 weeks and counting....

Yup, I fly to Philly 2 weeks from today! And yet it still hasn't fully sunk in yet!

Had an AMAZING experience last weekend at Advisor Retreat--there are SO many amazing people there, and I was fortunate enough to even make some NEW connections just before leaving, which is both wonderful and sad at the same time. Also came to the realization just how much everything is connected and in shift at the moment--Patricia summed it up best as "When you come back YOU'LL be very different, AND THIS will be very different!"

I think the teen program will be the hardest thing for me to leave--I know that my family and friends will still be around and will be mostly the same people when I come back, but my teens? Growing by leaps and bounds, and then throw in the fact that the camp experience will have shifted, grown, and changed also....crazy!!!

I think the best of the weekend though was the last minute trip back out to the potholes, thanks to all that were there for that! And thanks Michelle especially for the awesome treatment work whilst jumping off a rock! Talk about a metaphor for a leap of Faith, I'm SO grateful for that experience!

And then came home and came to the realization that I actually need to get together all my stuff that is being stored at my parent's house within the week, as I'm going up there for the last time on Saturday!!! ACK! But put a big dent in it yesterday, and am sure I will be ready by Saturday morning.

Schedule for the rest of my time here:

Wed-Friday this week: Finish working, last day is Friday, PACK STORAGE STUFF
Saturday 23- Wednesday 27: In Redding. Lindsay gets married on Saturday! (WAY scarier than moving to Africa, IMO), otherwise hanging with family and other Redding-ites one last time!
Wednesday 27: Drive back to Davis in Greg's car, haircut, last Teen Group meeting :(
Thursday 28-Friday 29: Pack everything that Greg is taking, finish any more storage packing for Amanda's garage
Saturday 30: Farmer's Market, then PARTY!!!
Sunday 31: Recuperate from PARTY!!! PACK BAGS
Monday 1: PACK BAGS. Store stuff that doesn't fit. Go to REI/Target for last minute purchases/returns
Tuesday, June 2nd, 5am: Get to the airport. Cry profusely. Get on plane. BYE!
June 3rd: Meet training group, get orientated.
June 4th: Get shots, GET ON PLANE.
June 5th: ARRIVE IN YAOUNDE, CAMEROON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 6th: Leap of Faith.

If you wanted to let me know you're reading, (Thanks Sidnaya!), that'd be super!!! Love!!

Yeargh

So, all I really wanted to do was change the email address this blog was associated with....harder than it sounds. And so, you'll see the address has changed, along with it.

See, had to set up a gmail account for PC-so they can send official stuff to it and whatnot. So, didn't make sense to have a second gmail account that I don't use for anything but blogging about PC, when now I have to have a PC email!

But, alas, in blogger's attempt to help you to not fail (read: delete your blog and not get it back), it lets you export your blog and delete it, but then holds onto the address for 90 days. So, export the blog, import it to the new email, but then have to rename. BOO!

Not that anyone is reading this anyway.

Plane Tickets!

Wahoo! It's all actually happening! So, after a hiccup last week that involved lost visa forms, a midday dash to kinko's, and overnight fedexing forms to DC, all appears to be well and good!

Got my staging info in the email this morning, talked to the travel agent shortly after, booked plane tickets to staging in Philadelphia! Huzzah! Here's what that's going to look like:

June 2nd--I leave from Sac at 6:30 am. Sorry Amanda! Arrive in Philly via Atlanta at 5:30ish. Spend the night, probably hook up with other early arrivers for dinner and such.

June 3rd--Free morning, apparently the hotel is right next to the Liberty Bell and other such Americana, so plan to do that. At 1:30l, it begins! We spend all afternoon through the evening getting forms filled out, getting to know each other, talking about safety, and getting ready to GO!

June 4th--Shots in the morning, bus to JFK in NYC to leave. NY to Brussels, then it's

June 5th--Brussels to Yaounde. Yeah, that's in Cameroon!

So I have just 4 weeks left in Davis, and just over a month in the US. Yes, this is actually happening!

PS: No strep here! Or swine flu....silliness, really.