Onward

Hello all! I've been debating over the last few weeks whether or not to start a blog. At first it seemed slightly egocentric of me to assume that there are enough people out there interested in what I am doing to warrent a public forum, but I've accepted that blogs are more like high tech travel diaries than anything else. So I bought the $8 airport internet, picked out a trendy background and I'm officially up and running. Good thing my mom alloted enough time to hit a tornado on the drive to LAX and still have an hour to spare in the terminal...

I found a great seat at the JetBlue gate, right in front of a big window, and at 7:35 PM the sun is just starting to set. It feels like an appropriate setting to say goodbye to California for the next five months as I set out on truly the adventure of my lifetime. I'm nervous- there are so many things that I am unprepared for. I'm a little sad- there are so many people I had to say goodbye to. But most of all I am overwhelmingly excited. I don't know who my friends will be, I don't know what we'll do, I don't even know if I have a ride from the airport when I get there... but I can't wait to find out!

I'll keep this short since my future posts are bound to ramble. Now all I have to do is survive a 5 hour plane ride to New York, 6 hour layover in JFK, 16 hour flight to Johannesburg, 3 hour layover at O.R. and a 2 hour flight to Cape Town... See you all on Friday, here goes nothing!