DAY #1

I can't believe I'm going to Africa! I'm sitting in Logan now waiting for my flight to JFK. Relief is pretty much my emotion right now after the crazy week or two that I just experienced. Lost passport, work project problems, unemployment issues, getting new neighbors and doing last minute small projects (I NEED MONEY!).

I don't know what I'm going to do about my money issue. I really need to start to get some clients and figure out how the full-time freelance thing works. But I'm going to try to leave that all behind on this piece of paper until my return home.

I just got off the plane and am now at my gate in JFK. Just relaxing. It's 2:20pm now so I have some time to just lounge around. The plane I just got off of was a tiny plane, only 12 rows and two seats in each side of the aisle. AND it was the quickest flight ever! Only 40 minutes!

Sleepy! I can't wait to meet my team members. A bunch wil be here soon. I'm the first member to arrive from the JFK group.

The teammates I met were Z, Chris and Martha. We're excited and dreading the flight over...it's so long!!

On the plane I quickly met Duraid (our team leader), Claude and Tommy. Duraid's wife Martina was also on the plane. I sat with a girl about my age who did not want to have anything to do with me...totally ignored me when I tried to say, "hi" or joke a litle to break the ice cuz goodness, we were going to be spending the next 16 hours together...but no. Thank goodness for the movies. South African airlines is the best! You get your own personal TV that is equipped with a remote control/video game controller. You got to pick what movies/TV/games you wanted to play. Without this the plane ride would have been horrible.