It's the moment we've all been waiting for... well, maybe I'm the only one who's really been waiting for it fervantly. Regardless, it's here. In a couple hours my parents and I will be driving down to Chicago, to O'Hare, where they will drop me off and I will embark on the late-night beginning leg of my journey to the University of Botswana. I won't arrive until Wednesday morning, and I probably won't be able to sit for longer than 20 minutes until Saturday, but either way I'm pretty excited.
The bag is weighing in at 49.8 lb., with a stuffed carry-on and an equally-stuffed "personal item" to boot. Luckily I discovered that on the way back, South African Airways allows for 30kg in your checked luggage. Essentially 66 lb. But for now, I have to deal with the all-too-American limit of 50 lb. and cut my losses (namely several travel packs of kleenexes and two bars of soap).
It's hard to believe that I'm really on my way, that this day has actually come, and that in a few days, I'll be waking up in a dorm room in Africa. And the next time that I post to this blog, it'll be through the internet services of the University of Botswana.
You're allowed to think I'm nuts. :)
Safe travels daughter! We are getting back to routine. I see the plane has landed in London. :)
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