FEBRUARY 2ND IS THE DAY!!!!!! I booked a flight yesterday out of Logan February 2nd with a return for November 10th! After New Year's I've got to really get my equipment together and start packin'. I still have a TON of stuff to get, but I have to wait until I get my first grant payment. I need external hard drives, a 100-400mm zoom lens, shot gun microphone, binoculars, gps, etc. etc.....not to mention a TRUCK when I get to Tanzania! 44 days and counting....I will be a busy, busy lady!!

READY, SET, GOOOO!!!!!!

So I FINALLY got word from the Tanzanian Embassy that I can make plans to travel!!! I have been held up for 3 months waiting for 2 permits...one that I applied for back in July!! I shelled out all the money for my permits and I put off my grant for this long... I apparently complained enough that the Embassy decided to let me in! So now I have to find the right plane ticket, have it approved, buy it, apply for a Visa, figure out my bank accounts for my grant money (!!!!) and send in alllll my paperwork!! I am looking at flight the 1st week of February, so that gives me 4 weeks after Xmas to rreeeally get my stuff together and GO! woo!