AHHHH!!! WE'RE FINALLY HERE!!!!

Can't believe today is the day!!! We're on our way to...Africa! I loved going on my last Walmart runs and telling people we're going to AFRICA! Their expressions were priceless :) This morning I woke up about 6:00 to make a bulletin board for my first-year girls. It was a great visual of our journey!! I'll have to up-load the pictures when I get back! Leaving Indianola was hard because I was saying goodbye to friends, my boss, my dorm-room, and my amazing dorm-life experience I've had the last two years. Said goodbye to my parents over the phone and it was nice to hear their voice for one last time. I know we'll be thinking about each other over the next three weeks.

The Des Moines airport was kind of stressful trying to check-in all our bags but we got it done! Yay!! The flight over to Chicago wasn't bad, rainy, but it was nice to be back in a plane! I slept the whole way, I guess planes make me sleepy, well and a rainy day. I sat by a nice woman who was on her way to Washington. She was stressed out trying to catch her next flight in 15 min! Hope she made it in time.

The Chicago airport was huge! So many people with so many accents and styles! I loved all the little shops and fancy foods along the way! Shannon enjoyed a Chicago style hotdog! Go Shannon, those are the best! We all relaxed at a food court and Shannon started her journal with her sharpies! She's recording our trip in pictures! Oh how exciting! I really loved the details of the airport and I was took it all in--Hah! We haven't even made it to London, let alone AFRICA yet!!!!! Oh I can not wait!!! We rode these escalators--but they were flat, i guess so if you're running a little late! They were amazing! There were these escalators that had these sweet deal lights on them! I can't describe them to you, making another group member can :P

Unfortunately, because it's raining we're delayed which is cutting into our London time. All well, we're entertaining ourselves!
Stay tuned :)
~Alicia