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Last day at home!

January 25th, 2012 mfmccl13

Well, it’s official!! I am packed and ready to leave bright and early tomorrow morning! I have an early morning flight from San Diego to Washington DC and then it’s straight on to Johannesburg, South Africa. The packing process was extremely difficult, to say the least. Saturday was my official packing day and it was incredibly overwhelming. I was determined to fit everything into two small-medium suitcases as a huge suitcase would have been difficult to manage for 3 months! I am proud to say after 2 ½ full days of packing, culling, re-packing, and culling again I have made it! I have a backpack (which still needs to be packed, since that’s where my computer and other things I’m still using are going), a small carry-on suitcase and a second suitcase that is being checked. Now I just have to sit back and hope that the checked bag makes it all the way!

The 17-hour flight from DC to Jo-burg is extremely daunting from this perspective, but I’m hoping to sleep away many of the hours! Otherwise, I have my Nook loaded up with tons of books, a couple magazines, iPods, and movies on my computer! I’ll also admit I’m bringing my Gameboy! I can’t wait to post pictures from my first few days in South Africa!! Until then, please send good thoughts my way for a safe and seamless trip!

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