I am so thankful for all of the support I have received in over the last few months in an effort to fundraise for this summer. With everyone's help, I have finally met my goal!
With the internship program fee taken care of, and the semester finally over, it's been full focus on preparing to leave.
Just kidding. Moving out, saying goodbye and good luck to the recent graduates, and then making lists. Lists and lists and lists of this and that... things I need to do, pack, and get ready for this adventure I'm about to embark upon.
It's been an interesting feeling to describe -- it'll be the first summer I have not spent in Fort Collins. The last summer my brother will be home before college, the last summer before my sister heads into high school... The first experience I have ever had where I am actually doing something I foresee myself doing professionally (hopefully). The first time in a completely new place without any knowledge of culture, language, people, directions, and time, among other things...
Oh and there's also the fact that there's been a recent election in Uganda, causing riots and uproar... and probably even more scary than that is the fact that a recent case of Ebola has been confirmed an hour north of Kampala. Hopefully it's not the strain where the CFR is 90%... the US embassy didn't really say in their press release. As a friend pointed out, seeing as they've only announced one confirmed case, it's hopefully not, because otherwise many more of their direct contacts would have been down with the illness as well.
On another note, my team is already asking me questions (that I don't know the answers too), and I've been organizing a few things here and there, so I feel like I'm actively stepping into a leader role, but the title scares me.
I think that once everything's packed, ready, and I'm sitting on the plane out of New York... that's when it'll all hit me. Until then, I'll probably be really tense about everything. Bah. Just gotta get there.
How was that, Dad? ;-)
With the internship program fee taken care of, and the semester finally over, it's been full focus on preparing to leave.
Just kidding. Moving out, saying goodbye and good luck to the recent graduates, and then making lists. Lists and lists and lists of this and that... things I need to do, pack, and get ready for this adventure I'm about to embark upon.
It's been an interesting feeling to describe -- it'll be the first summer I have not spent in Fort Collins. The last summer my brother will be home before college, the last summer before my sister heads into high school... The first experience I have ever had where I am actually doing something I foresee myself doing professionally (hopefully). The first time in a completely new place without any knowledge of culture, language, people, directions, and time, among other things...
Oh and there's also the fact that there's been a recent election in Uganda, causing riots and uproar... and probably even more scary than that is the fact that a recent case of Ebola has been confirmed an hour north of Kampala. Hopefully it's not the strain where the CFR is 90%... the US embassy didn't really say in their press release. As a friend pointed out, seeing as they've only announced one confirmed case, it's hopefully not, because otherwise many more of their direct contacts would have been down with the illness as well.
On another note, my team is already asking me questions (that I don't know the answers too), and I've been organizing a few things here and there, so I feel like I'm actively stepping into a leader role, but the title scares me.
I think that once everything's packed, ready, and I'm sitting on the plane out of New York... that's when it'll all hit me. Until then, I'll probably be really tense about everything. Bah. Just gotta get there.
How was that, Dad? ;-)
