The Countdown

It's a week until I land in Dakar.

I've had a surprising lack of anxiety about going abroad for 4+ months. I guess that's what going abroad often does for you. I'm trying to get the most out of my last few weeks in America by:

• playing in the snow
• eating like there's no tomorrow
• spending time with friend and family
• using lots of electricity and internet
• taking long, super-hot showers

Some things that I haven't a clue about that will hit me right away on my trip:

• Wolof, the language most widely spoken in Senegal, of which I don't know a word
  
• how well I can communicate in French
  
• when I'll get a chance to get a Senegalese SIM card
• the new and improved TSA guidelines (joy)