Time for an Update???

Hmm...--well, you can see that it's been awhile since I've thought about this blog!--at first, when I had to cancel my trip in January, I was just so heartbroken I couldn't even think about continuing with it, although it would probably make a better narrative if I had a few of my incredibly-disappointed-whining sessions from that time on here!---oh well, suffice it to say that I was VERY VERY VERY sad about having to put off my visit--I was just so excited about going somewhere WARM for one thing!---
But now it's June, and once again, I'm preparing to embark to Kenya---this time around, the political situation seems to have calmed down significantly---Phyllis feels sure that we will do our trips to Kibera and to the coast.--I'll also be doing a few days of safari in Amboseli National Park (giraffes! elephants! Zebra! I can hardly wait!) I really don't even have too much of a picture in my mind as to what I'll be seeing on this trip (other than the giraffes, elephants and zebra, that is!!!)---I guess I just figure that whatever my expectations, things will turn out very differently, so I'm trying not to form a lot of them before I go---I just expect to be amazed, I guess---this is something I've wanted to do for so long--I must confess, it was Edgar Rice Burroughs' TARZAN books that first ignited my fascination for Africa--can you believe it??( and no, I am not expecting any musclebound men in scanty loincloths to come swinging down to meet me at the airport!! well, maybe just one......) that, and all of those National Geographic Magazines we used to peruse as kids--I really was reading them, and looking at ALL the pictures (not just searching for the scantily clad) and reading about, and being inspired by, my childhood hero, Albert Schweitzer---and dreaming of Africa... I am SO EXCITED TO BE DOING THIS!!!
so---now I should get back to the myriad tasks I have to accomplish before I go---back in January I really was pretty well organized--food prepared in the freezer, etc. etc.---but now I'm just a little overwhelmed by all of the events in my life, and I think I'll just kindof slip out of town, and let the domestic chips fall where they may!!! Maybe that's really the way to do this--to just give up on trying to anticipate every problem that might arise and plan for it, to just step aside for a few weeks, and let the current of life here in New Hampshire do without me for a moment! I've just begged the children to PLEASE clean up the mess before I get home.....