Pre-Departure

When I checked my flight itinerary this morning, I was unpleasantly greeted by a surprise. Instead of departing from Mexico City at 3 PM, I am now departing from Mexico City at 5 PM. This means that I now have a 3 and a half hour layover in Mexico City...that isn't bad. I'll be able to practice my Spanish and check some prepaid cell phone rates with the companies in the airport. It's just that it's a huge disappointment that I'll be arriving in Leon/Guanajuato 2 hours later than I had planned! On top of that...I'll be worrying about the swine flu the entire time. I know things have improved drastically, but I won't be able to stop thinking about it.

Today I also talked with everyone for the last time. I'm thinking that this trip might break my cell phone/Internet addiction. I won't be able to use my regular cell phone for 5 weeks, and I won't be able to pick up my laptop to access the Internet whenever I want. I'll be restricted to calling a select number of people with an international calling card from the house phone (and not talking for long periods of time because of the amount of minutes on the card) and Internet cafes. This will be tough.

Anyways, it's 12:04 AM. My flight leaves at 6 AM, and my dad wants to leave at 3:45 AM. To put it shortly, I'm not getting much sleep tonight! I just finished packing, and I'll wake up early tomorrow morning to double check everything.

Packed everything in one suitcase! Surprise...

My precautionary Tamiflu, Spanish-English dictionary, and personal travel journal

Right now, I'm feeling so many emotions all at the same time: I'm nervous, excited, impatient, sad, happy, and anxious. It's giving me such a rush that I can't sit still and I know I will be having problems falling asleep.

It's crazy to think that, by this time tomorrow, I'll be asleep in my home in Guanajuato, Mexico.