Well the time is approaching.  We are leaving in about a week now.  I have never been across the Atlantic Ocean, and am excited about this adventure.  This will be the longest vacation I have ever been on, and the longest time I have been away from work.  This is good, as I am about as sick of work (#@$&) as I can get which adds to my excitement about leaving for a month.  

     Still don't have all the itinerary fully set which has me a little nervous, but bought a bunch of new underwear, so that I will look good if I end up on a slab somewhere.  On top of that, I took my last Typhoid pill today and am getting sick.  Just kidding, but not sure about Kelly as she is partial to exotic illness.  However, an added benefit to the Typhoid pills is that I am now immune to Salmonella, and have been consuming copious amounts of peanut butter products in our house and those discounted at the local store dumpster due to the Salmonella outbreak taking the U.S. by storm.  Just in case anyone was wondering... you can in fact eat too much peanut butter.

     Anyway, a note I wanted to add was that if you get a bizarre email asking you to send me money, ignore it.  Apparently that has happened with my friends (Kirsten Steketee and family) who are already in Africa.   Several people have gotten emails from the Kenyan scammers (or my friends are actually in desperate need of cash and have callous friends).  If I need money that bad, I will call or say something in an email that only the recipient would likely know.  For example, "I like to smash my fingers with a hammer".  I think you get what I mean.

     Hopefully, my next entry will be from the Frankfurt or Cairo airports.  Gleefully sleep deprived and jet lagged.   JK