Ready to go...

Done with pre-departure preparations. All 85 of my fellow Ukraine English teaching volunteers had two long days of classes about safety, cultural integration, and logistics. Now taking care of last minute things, oddly not nervous, excited. Leave JFK at 6pm eastern, stop in Germany on Monday morning, then Kyiv by the afternoon. I won't have internet or phone access for at least 3 days when I get there. Time for a run, then dinner. Stupid Achilles.