Here I am, 2 months out from leaving for Ghana, setting up my blog. I'm sure I will half-regret creating this, as it will be semi-public documentation of thoughts that I'm sure will sound dumb later. Kind of like listening to oneself on a recording, or re-reading old diary entries. The horror.
Nevertheless, in place of posting extensively on Facebook and sending mass emails with updates to friends, here we are. We'll see how much I am able to keep up with it, but I will make an effort. This entry is mainly the test. There is still much to do in the next two months: visa application, complete vaccinations, pay the balance of my program fee, buy heavy-duty DEET bug spray, find the anti-malarial pill that's right for me (!). Not getting malaria is priority #1.
