Preparations

First, I wanted to study abroad in Rome.

Then, I realized I couldn't possibly study abroad for an entire semester.

Then, I decided I would study abroad for a short-summer-semester.

Then, I realized I couldn't do a summer semester if I wanted to be a Frog Camp Director...

Then, AT FROG CAMP, a close friend explained his plans to study abroad for the fall semester of his senior year...

I had never considered Fall 2009 - the Fall semester of my senior year - a possibility.

Then, I went to a meeting with the TCU Study Abroad Office...

Then, I found out I could go to West Africa - I could go to Ghana...

Finally, I accepted this was possible if I was willing to make it work.

Now, I am completing Malaria addendum forms, participant contracts, medical questionnaires, housing surveys ... preparing to leave for West Africa in less than 3 months...

I never saw that coming.