My First Odyssey

... its 4 weeks and 6 days till lift off and i have mixed emotions. As i sit here at work, in a crowded office filled with people i know or people who i've never spoken to but see everyday, it is hard to imagine that soon i will be on my own, in a country totally alien to me and surrounded by people who i have never met before. I feel both excited and nervous at this prospect. Part of me is really excited, everything from the 21st February will be new and different, the country, people, food, sites, not to mention the fact that i have never been on a plane on my own before! I am nervous though, but trying not to dwell too much on that side of things.
Organisation wise it feels like i haven't done that much. I've got the flights, transfer from the airport to the hostel, a hostel for 3 nights in Lima, flights to Cuzco and then a trek for just over a week. That means that out of the 20-odd weeks i am away for i have sorted out 2. There's a lady at work, Audrey, who has travelled all over South America and keeps giving me little stories of her adventures. She says that i won't find it hard to find things to do and people to help, which fills me with hope that the last 18 weeks won't go to waste.
I think my mum is starting to get worried. When i first said i wanted to go travelling in my gap year i think a lot of my friends and family thought i would never do it, and i think up until the day i booked my flights my mum was still under this impression. Now she is starting to realise that she won't see me for 5 months and that she won't know where exactly i am for most of the time. I think she'll start to get used to the idea though.
Well... this will be the last from me for a month or so until i go. I think i need to go buy some supplies!!!