Today I leave for Cameroon
I'll be flying from SFO to Washington DC to Addis Ababa to Douala, Cameroon. According to the itinerary it's going to take about 32 hours total to get there, with about 24 of those hours spent in the air. Hope I get a window seat! My 10:30 pm departure time from SFO is probably the latest I've flown that I can remember, so I'm sure to be exhausted pretty quickly into the trip. I'll probably be a wreck when I finally get where I'm going. I need my 8 hours or I kinda turn into a princess. At any rate, we'll see how that goes. I'm packing the most comfiest earplugs I have and I'm going to try and sleep as much as I can. Food-wise I've packed my backpack with about 100,000 Clif bars (hopefully that doesn't raise any eyebrows at the TSA booth. I'm hoping to avoid a cavity search because dentist's kids don't have cavities!)
I'm not sure if I'm excited or nervous (probably both) but whatever feeling it is, it's strong enough that I feel like I might throw up. So that's new! Saying goodbye to part of the family has been pretty hard, but they appear to be handling it well so far. Maybe it's good that I didn't have to say bye to them all at once. Saw my dad last night (He's in Visalia this week, so we met for dinner in Fresno), and said bye to Mason this morning when he left for school. My mom is taking me to the airport and Renee Barlow (close family friend) is coming as well to see me off (and probably to console my mom once I leave. That's gonna be messy, Renee's a saint).
According to the itinerary, I should land in Cameroon at about 1:15 local time, which is 3:15 am on the west coast. From there, someone will pick me up (i.e. scrape me and my tired self off the floor) and we'll drive an hour and a half to Buea. Once there I'll start moving in and get ready for Sabbath (which I hope means a lot of sleep in Africa, because I'm sure I'll be needing plenty of it upon arriving!)
Sorry this hasn't been really interesting (except for the lame cavity joke), but I figured I should at least write something the day I leave. Thanks for taking the time! I promise I'll have something more interesting to say next time (and maybe even pictures...)
TL;DR Flight plans: SFO->DC->ETHIOPIA->CAMEROON, saying goodbye is hard, expecting to be super tired when I get to Cameroon.
Hi Corbin! Just testing to see if this goes through. Love
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ReplyDeleteHey! I believe I got it!! Hope you will catch up on sleep soon. I tracked you on my cell phone most of Thursday. Kinda lost you over Egypt. Probably not many towers out in all that sand Hope you have had a nice Sabbath. I like your blogs! Will look for more when you have time. We are praying for you! Love you lots!
ReplyDeleteOne more thing! I can't figure the time I just sent these messages. Right now it is 2:45 pm our time. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteHey Grandma, I see all 4 of your messages. Looks like you've got it figured out. I'm 5 hours ahead of you all. Gotten settled in and feeling pretty comfortable. No jet lag to speak of! Lucky me!
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame! All of your Baby Boomer, Gen X, and Millenial "friends" get beat to the punch by your 86 y/o Grandma in commenting on your blog. Of course, she is part of the WWII "greatest generation" and therefore proving it once again. That makes me part of a Sandwich generation: Aging parents on one end...Coming of age kids on the other. I feel like an ordinary PB&J with average stuff in the middle, while having great slices of homemade bread as book-ends. I guess that makes me the lucky one.
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