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July 07, 2006
I'm on my way!
I am just finishing packing and getting all my bills and business squared away. I have done more in the last few days than I normally do in a few weeks-- I got all my bills online, sorted through tons of paperwork, applied for a job, etc. Just try to plan ahead for seven weeks! It's rough. But I'm on my way, and I can't wait to see Africa.
It's not just what I will see though. I was thinking today about what things will smell like. It's easy to try and picture or visualize what it will be like to "be" there, but I don't know what it will smell like, or what the more humid air will feel like, or what the food will taste like, or what new sounds I will hear (or lacktherof, coming from the bustle of LA...). As I post pictures, I'll try to give a complete sensory description of things.
I have been thinking about what things I expect to miss. Of course I will miss friends and my bed and my routine in general. But I think that I will really miss music too. It is very "twenty-something" to be into music, always discovering new bands, going to concerts, driving in the car with speakers pounding. Without it so around me, I will really feel its absence. Hmm.
More later,
Libby
Posted by libbystokes at July 7, 2006 10:01 PM