The Calm Before the Storm

My "calm" post before the anxiety of packing begins

And of course I haven't started packing yet..I am my mother's daughter. 

It is crazy to think that I depart for Tanzania in 4 days. I know that two years ago these few days before my departure would have been filled with a hectic level of manageable panic. Tonight, though, I am happy to say that I am simply so excited to begin this journey that no foreseeable amount of homesickness is even crossing my mind. 

As I sit back relaxing, watching a movie with my mom in the comfort of my home laying lazily on my couch, my biggest concerns are the frustratingly slow speed of the internet while trying to create this blog & the fact that I can't multitask enough to follow the plot of the movie and work on my computer.

Rough life, huh?

A week from now I have a feeling these trivial bothers will embarrass me, as they should even now. This trip will be such an experience to learn from and I look forward to what I can bring back from this journey.

I will certainly keep all of you as updated as I can while I'm away! Lets be honest, we all know I'm the worlds worst story teller, but I will try my best to entertain you with my adventures. I'm sure I will have plenty of "embarrasing-carly" moments you all know and love. Don't worry--I won't be shy about them. I would love to hear from you all while I'm gone, so please please please comment on the blog and tell me how your lives are back home! I will be taking a Facebook hiatus (hopefully) but I would love to hear from y'all in emails if you'd like to fill me more explicitly (Ashley's, Kristen, Mar, Nikk, Glenna, Andrew & Chris, this especially means you and all of the things you cannot publicly blog! Don't think because I'm away you're excused from divulging your lives to me (; ).  I also expect frequent updates on how my beautiful little niece is doing back home and how my crazy, beautiful family is as well!

I'll make sure to check up on carly.m.dahl@gmail.com.

I will miss you guys so much! Be good and don't be strangers :)

<3