Skype
I just found out about this program that I think may come in very handy. It's called "Skype," and it's a program that lets you talk online for free. It's like a phone, but uses the internet and computers instead. I'm not sure how much interent access I will have, but it's worth a shot, so I signed up for it. If anyone would like to "call" me, all you have to do is download the program at
www.skype.com and look me up. My user name is magic4real. Hope to hear from you!
Flight plans
Yay, I finally have my flight information! On August 5th I'll be flying to San Francisco for my staging (aka orientation). It begins on the 6th, so I'll have one evening and a morning to hopefully cram in a little bit of sightseeing. I've always wanted to go to San Francisco, but have never had the chance. Hopefully I'll be able to hook up with some others from my group who will be arriving early also. After a couple of days of orientation, on August 8, we head out on our incredibly long journey to Bangladesh. It's a 10 hour 45 minute flight to Tokyo. Then we have 2 hours layover. Then it's about 6.5 hours to Bangkok. Thankfully we get to spend the night there! The next morning we have a 2.5 hr flight to the capital of Bangaldesh: Dhaka. I'm not quite sure what will happen from there. I can't wait though. I'm so excited!
I'll be saying good-bye for a month
This past week I was in Ohio and New York visiting relatives one last time before I leave for Bangladesh. It's really weird saying good-bye so early, but I know I won't see most of these relatives for at least three years. I usually only see most of them once a year anyway, but somehow it seems much different this time. I guess it's finally hit me that this is REAL, and I really am leaving for Bangladesh in less than a month. I feel like I have ten thousand things to do. I'm so glad this is my last week of work. I'll have about three weeks of just focusing on getting ready, seeing friends and family, freaking out, etc.
I've been meeting tons of people from my group going to Bangladesh online. One of us set up a group on yahoo, and I think about half of the 60 or so of us going to Bangladesh have signed up for it. We seem to be from all over the US. Most of us are pretty recent college graduates. It is so nice to meet everyone! Every time I start to feel stressed out about things, I just hop online and check the message board, and I get all inspired and encouraged again. I can't wait to meet everybody in San Francisco for our staging.
