Seriously, for months and months this trip has been just a distant event that I would at some point engage in. Now with it being less than a week away all those thoughts of "can I really do this?" are starting to go away. I've gotten myself pretty organized as far as clothing, gear and paperwork goes. Still haven't notified the U.S. Embassy and I don't think i'm going to. I laid out a pretty good iterinary for my family to keep an eye on just incase they haven't heard from me but I don't foresee too many problems. Unfortunately you can never be too careful so i'm going to make sure I keep vigilant and try my hardest to act like I have been there before.

I'm trying not to let all the negative things I have heard about Morocco's "pressuring" hard-sellers and their thirst for the weak hearted tourist's wallet. I figure when the shit hits the fan i'll just have to take a deep breath, get off the beaten path and relax for a few.

Only 3 and a half more days of work and I just did a 12 hour shift. Can't say I enjoyed it but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. All this work is paying off and giving me the ability to do what I have wanted to do since I could remember.