In Philly, Off to Malawi

Pardon my strange expression in the airport picture... I had a lot going on!

Well I arrived safely in Philly. Such a relief to have gotten my bag under the weight limit and be done with my goodbyes for a little while. It was certainly sad to say goodbye to so many people back home, but wonderful to be meeting new people and starting this new adventure!

Anyways I will be in touch when I can. But remember "No news is good news!"

I love you all and will miss you!

Packing, more packing, and care package requests

So with less than a week now the time is really winding down! The things that have been on my mind are...

Ugh packing.... what a challenge! I think I have it all sorted now, but need to take out some nonessentials so I am not quite SO close to the weight limit!

Internet... I have been assured in no uncertain terms I will not have Internet until late November at the very earliest (no surprise there). So snail mail please please please! Heck start sending you letters now so they arrive a few weeks after I arrive!

Things I would love sent in care packages...

-Pictures!

-Letters filling me in on you life!

-Nutrition bars (Luna, Cliff, etc)

-Water flavoring packets

-Easy Mac

-New music (country, pop, etc)

-Books (novels, memoirs, anything but history!)

-Magazines (Popular Science, Scientific American, Newsweek, Time, etc)

-Synopsis of my fave TV shows (Grey's, HIMYM, Greek, etc)

-Candy (Hot tamales, M&Ms, etc)