Only 826 Days to Go

I'm leaving for Philadelphia tomorrow, and I'll be in Benin on Friday!

While I was internet-stalking my fellow volunteers' blogs (and I do enjoy a good internet-stalk), I read a post saying the flight to Philadelphia was today. That was an extremely unsettling typo, and I had to check my flight itinerary first to make sure I hadn't screwed everything up.

I had a good time this last week, and Mom's birthday party was quite fun, as expected. Still, I regret not accomplishing my goal of watching every episode of Star Trek: Voyager before I left. Such is the life of a PCV. It occurred to me the other day that not only are the volunteers who are in Benin right now going to miss the premiere of Snakes on a Plane, but they haven't even heard about it. I can't decide if we should leave them blissfully ignorant.

I'm really looking forward to seeing how things will have changed when I come back (and I think they'll change more than most people expect). And since I'm a gambling man, I'll make a few predictions about the world in October 2008:

1) Oil will be above $90/bbl.
2) The Democratic nominee for President won't be Hillary Clinton.
3) The Republican nominee for President will be John McCain.
4) It will turn out that Lost actually did have a coherent, well-defined plot since the beginning.

I hope some of those turn out to be really funny. In any event, that's about all I have to say. Thanks to everyone who got me something for the trip. Feel free to give the address of this blog to anyone who wants it. And please write me letters!

Adios!

Six Days Left

My plane for Philadelphia leaves on Tuesday!

I moved back to my parents' house in Dallas today, in what turned out to be a fairly easy trip. Also, it would be great for pretty much everyone if this chart goes to zero:

Two Weeks Left

I superimposed a silhouette of Benin onto a map of Texas to get an idea of its size. Also, Google Earth rules way more than I thought it did.


© 2006 Google Earth, Me

I'm moving back to my parents' house in a week and flying to Philly a week after that. I'd be excited if that didn't seem like forever. I'll have a lot to do once I get to Dallas though, so at least I won't be bored.