I should be packing...

Instead I've spent the last hour choosing a color scheme for this blog. Which I decided to set up in case I have the time or inclination to write in it while I'm in Madagascar, but then I got totally sucked into designing it. But I have to have at least one post in order to format it, so this will be my pre-pre-service-training post.
Here are some things I'm savoring before I leave: refrigeration, kashi go-lean crunch, toilets, my family, digestive health.
Here is my current number one fear about Madagascar: parasites that bury into your feet and lay eggs. Seriously, scroll way to the bottom of this girl's blog entry for pictures and a description
Here are some recent mental hurdles:
-Realizing I'm going to spend all of the money I'd been saving for future travel buying appropriate clothes/supplies for the next two years because all I've worn for the last 4 years are free Reed t-shirts and jeans that don't fit. (Today I bought a pair of sandals that my mom owns. not that she's not totally hip, but it's a little depressing that my automatic approach to 'business casual' is to dress like my mother).
-i thought i had another 'recent mental hurdle' but i seem to have forgotten it.

Well, I think the only thing left to say can be summed up with this ridiculous picture of Nate serenading Dan with 'Atlantic City,' by Bruce Springsteen (definitely worth clicking on for a closeup of Nate's face):Stay tuned. I promise my next entry will discuss one or more of the following: barf, giant bugs, language mishaps, species found only on madagascar, "Why am i dressed like my mom?".