Hello followers of Aubrey Balk's blog!

Aubrey's list of things to do before her trip across the globe is finally dwindling down, but she was running out of time to do some of the little things, namely writing her farewell blog entry and showering. I volunteered to help with what I could, so this is a special guest blog from Megan (Aubrey's roommate/tall friend/packer extraordinaire).

I've gotten to spend most of the day with Aubrey packing up her stuff, making final arrangements for travel, and eating burritos (it's always a good idea to load up on Chipotle before you leave the country). She discovered a minor setback at the beginning of the day: the bus she's taking is actually going to the airport in Kansas City that she is not flying out of. But thanks to some nice folks in Kansas City, she has a ride to the airport with someone's dad, an employee of the Kansas City police department who has agreed to turn on the sirens to ensure a speedy trip to the airport (just kidding about the siren thing--but maybe not if Aubrey is persuasive enough).

It's crazy how close to leaving Aubrey is- she's already been taking her malaria medicine for two days (I tried to convince her they were causing her to hallucinate, but she didn't believe me) and there's only about six hours until the bus leaves tonight. I think she's pretty excited. We spent a long time talking about all the places she is going within Kenya, the animals she might see, and all the people she is going to meet. Seems that our little Aubrey is all set to go. With clean undies and her panda stuffed animal, she really can't go wrong!

Signing off,
Megan Lutz