Africa!!!

My whole life I've wanted to go to Africa and two days ago we booked tickets to go to Kenya for a week long safari!! I am beyond excited!! Originally we were going to use our January vacation to go Vietnam/Cambodia which would be cheaper and very nice but then we started thinking about where we really, really want to go..and a safari was at the top of the list. We're flying to Nairobi on January 3rd at 7:15pm and starting our safari to the Masai Mara, Lake Nahkuru, and Amboseli the next day. As of right now we haven't chosen a safari company, we're still shopping around, but we have some great options! Exciting too is that friends of ours who are from South Africa and leaving EV for home next week may join us. Either way, I'm so excited I can hardly sit down long enough to get the 20 vaccinations needed to go...ok I'm exaggerating just a bit :-).

Planning this trip has really reminded me to be thankful for where I'm at. With the US economy being what it is and so many people out of work I'm living in a place with a steady paycheck where all my bills total less than $150.00 each month. Like I wrote last week Anand and I are still going back and forth on when to leave Korea for the US but with this trip planned we may end up staying through mid June and heading back in time for a wedding of one of Anand's best friends. We'll see.

In other news...I did a show this week for 4 people..in a 600 seat theatre. What made it even better was that half way through the mom left taking her young son with her and the dad fell asleep...so we put on a show for the little girl who was still awake sitting on her dad's lap. Talk about personal service. Talk about a depressing performance.

Well, I guess that's about all I have to report. Headed into Ilsan later to get my hair cut and go out to dinner. :-)