The night before Chicago

Ummm, yeah...
The more and more I think about the next couple of months, the more excited and scared I get. Excited, because I know I am going to have the time of my life. I just love India so much. I know I am going to enjoy the food and the scenary! The special thing about this trip is that I get to do something I love at the same time; take care of animals. I really can't wait to see the dogs and cats at many of these animal shelters as well as water buffalo and even pigs in Tamil Nadu and Goa!!! For now, however, I have so many things to take care of...passports, visas, boarding passes, laundry, having an adaptor for the voltage differences, umbrella for monsoons!?!?! There's a lot to do and I really can't forget anything.

One thing I've been kinda scared about lately is being in India by myself. Yeah, it's one thing being with your family (parents that speak fluent english, hindi, arabic, konkani, swahili, etc..). However, I speak English...and yeah, that's about it (I don't count my three semesters of spanish). I know that the people I am working with will be very helpful so I should be okay.

Tomorrow I fly to Chicago. My plane leaves Charlotte at 7:55 pm. I guess this is the start of the 10 week journey! Okay...well back to packing, wish me luck.