i'm actually going

tomorrow is the big day. i actually leave for tanzania. we're here in D.C. right now. we just finished staging. it was way less boring than i anticipated. it was one long meeting that lasted a day and half but it was fun. i met the other peace corps trainees that i'll be going through training with and the ones that (if we last) will be sworn in with me in august. but i'm trying to take this one step at a time. my group is cool. totally what i expected (granola) and totally suprising too (i so many things in common with everyone here) its nice also to have a bunch of people who are going through the same stuff as you. so tommorw morning we get some shots, take some malaria pills, and wait for the acid trip to start (evidentally these pills have several side effects, i'll let you know). after that its off to the airport to fly to germany then switzerland then tanzania. we should get there sometime wednesday. on friday or saturday i'll meet the host family that i'll be living with for the next ten weeks while i get trained. cross your fingers for me that they'll accept my psuedo-vegetarian lifestyle. thats it for now. i'll keep you updated when i can. computer access is iffy but once i have some cools pictures i'll put those up too. leave messages. they'll make me happy.