First day of SA!

I'm finally in Johannesburg, South Africa! Well technically I've been here for 24 hours and it's 10PM right now. I'll go backwards shall I?

Today I woke up SUPER late but it was nice because I had been completely exhausted for the 24 hrs prior. I went to The Glen, which is basically a mall, think Vallco circa 1995 but still not as nice. Walked around a bit and a worker guy gave me his email and cell number to "communicate" with him so I could pack him in my suitcase and bring him home. He's the first. Not to toot my own horn but I'm sure it's the first of many. OH FUNNY STORY! Before that I jumped (literally b/c my ride was driving away as soon as I opened the door) out of the car and started walking to the entrance and some man was trying to get my attention. I definitely ignored him and I heard him say to his buddy, "Oh she must be Chinese." mUAHAHAHHHAHAH. yes. Let's just call it that ey?

I'm already picking up some of the South African speech. They add "ey" to almost anything but not the Canadiana "eh." It's more pleasant. I dunno. The other thing I like is that apparently every woman is my "sis" and for guys it's "brother" or some Afrikaans thing. I wish I could say it but it'd be sooooo wrong if I did. Went to a couple shops and saw that the jerseys here are easily $50 more than home. Maybe by the end of the cup they'll go on massive sale. Yes, even abroad I'm a stingy girl. Speaking of South African speech, stop lights are robots etc, etc is "walla, walla, walla." Yeah. I'm definitely going to bring that back to the States. And don't you try to whap it out of me because I'll just whap you back with, "HOWZIT?!"

En route to Minneapolis!

Currently I am flying over South Dakota. I promise that I'll try to make my future posts less mundane and complain-y but can I just talk about how much I dislike young couples on planes? Is it really necessary to be all over each other constantly? The in-flight movie was "Dear John" and the couple in front of me pretty much made out the whole time. Oh well. Young love I guess.

I've already been more social than I thought I would be, especially not having enough caffeine. People have been nice. Maybe it's because I'm alone. Pathetic. Just kidding.

South Dakota is how I imagined it. full of squares. I feel like if I look far enough I could see North Dakota or even Canada. But of course I'd expect some big ole sign that said, "WELCOME! You have reached North Dakota" or some gleaming line. Maybe I'm just thinking about that Simpsons episode where Homer jumps back and forth between US soil and (I believe it was) Australian soil.

I have to say, so far Delta has exceeded expectdations. Even though this in-flight internet is costing me $9.95. I gotta say... kinda worth it. I'm definitely a part of the millenial generation, always needeing to be connected. At least this way my parents will know, through the grapevine since they have no idea what a blog is, that I'm safe and sound.

Well, until I reach South Africa!

T-minus 18 hours

Yes. That is correct. 18 hours until the first leg of my flight to Johannesburg, South Africa takes off. Am I ready? Kind of. Am I excited? Yeah... mostly because that means VACATION!

Hopefully this will be regularly updated. That means maybe once a week.