Updates and Freak Outs!

So there are some new and exciting things coming to the blog this time around...

First of all, the boys over at Broadcastr are working to set me up with a widget of sorts so that I can record some stories to my account and have them here for you on the Kenya Dig It blog. This way all of you who miss the sound of my voice will get to hear it!

Second, the Global Health Center at MSSM has asked a few of us going abroad to record video blogs of our experiences. Obviously I signed up :) Don't know how easy it will be to upload videos with the connection out there, but I will do my best!

I had my first pre-trip freak out last night! It's funny that I have been waiting for this since I came home last time, and yet I felt a little panic at the thought of being there for ten weeks. It's obviously not being their, I love it their and know I will have a great time. It is just not being HERE, with friends and family and Phil and Josie. I said it last time around and I will say it again- I wish Kenya and New York weren't so far away from each other! It is impossible to split my heart in two, and that is what happens when I'm away from either place. Someday I will have a job where I can fly back and forth for shorter periods of time, then I won't have to beg you guys for money and I wont have to miss anyone!

Less than two weeks to go! I fly out friday the 24th at 11 am and head to Dubai! Then it's Dubai to Nairobi and Nairobi to Daraja. I actually remembered to pack a flashlight this time around, so that should help (no electricity and no flashlight = scared Maggie walking through the bush).