I think that as I continue to prepare for this journey that I may use this page as a sort of journal. Of course this won't be a kind of diary expressing all of the innermost feelings and thoughts that arise, but I believe that I should include the big events (obviously).
It has been bitter cold out recently and I am sure that the transition to a southern climate that is currently in the nineties is going to be quite shocking to the system, but I am most definitely looking forward to the opportunity to warm up my bones! I suppose that packing in earnest begins tomorrow and decisions on the essentials will have to be made.