It's time!

So, after all the questionable status with swine flu and all, tomorrow I'm actually going to Mexico! I'm going to try to update this site whenever I can so that family and friends know what I'm up to and all since I won't have a phone. I will have a computer though so I'll have e-mail and facebook and skype. I'll let you know what my mailing address is whenever I find out so that you can send me things via snail mail if you like.

I leave tomorrow afternoon, flying out of Orlando with a layover in Houston before arriving in Merida. Merida is in the Yucatan, near the Gulf of Mexico. The map gives you an idea of where it is. The weather will be similar to the weather in Lakeland, if not hotter. I'll be staying with a host family, which I do not know much about. I suppose they will meet me in the airport. The group from UF has 22 students and 2 professors, or maybe 6 professors? As you can probably tell, I don't really know a ton of details, I'll just find out! I don't know any of the other Florida students going, but I'm sure I'll know them well by the end.

The program has two groups, anthropology and ecology, which we got to choose. I think there are 16 anthropology kids and 6 ecology kids. I'm chose ecology. Part of the program is that two or three days a week we are in the class room learning the stuff, and then the other days in the week we go around the Yucatan, sometimes overnight, actually seeing the ecosystems and anthropological sites. I think this includes Mayan ruins and coral reefs, but I don't really know that much specifically. The other class I'll take is Spanish, which I've always liked learning.

I leave tomorrow, I get back August 1st. Now you know about as much as I know, so here comes excitement!

I'm soooo excited!!!! :)

Much love