(You'll have to deal with me having no title for this here post...I'm new at this...)

I decided to begin a blog which I will hopefully be able to continue during my time in Haiti...how often that will be, I do not know! I figured I would start it now, and let you all know my inner most thoughts (I know you all want to know them, anyway) during the oh so pivitol days awaiting my departure. So, here we go,

Well, I'm leaving sometime during the first week of January...as of now it looks as though the exact date will be January 5th. THAT IS NOT SO FAR AWAY. So...between now and then I am just, you know, trying to raise TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. Yeah...about that, it is not an easy task these days. What's a girl supposed to do amidst a recession?! You tell me.

Anyway, I am incredibly excited. Lately my days have been taken over by daydreams of my new adventure.  Howeverrrrrr, I think the fact that I am leaving the country, choosing to live in an incredibly impoverished and not necessarily "safe" by our standards place, will be far, far away from my family and friends, and will be doing all this on my own has started to sink in. With all new things comes hesitation, fear, and anxiety, though..so I think I'll be okay ;) .

 That's all for now, not much to say here...but OOOH there will be later, you just wait.