Now ask me if I'm excited!

After the sleepless nights that I've recently been having over our fundraiser, I can now officially say "I"M EXCITED!" I realized yesterday that I when people said "you're going to Ghana, that's awesome, you must be so excited" I wasn't displaying the enthusiasm that they were looking for! This wasn't lack of enthusiasm, but stress over everything that still needed to be accomplished. Now, my fundraising is complete and everything is ready to go...well except for my bags!

I can't say this enough, but again, I want to thank all of those who came out to our fundraiser last night to support Devon, myself and our organization, Youth Challenge International. Without your support I would still be stressing out right now! Thankfully everything went according to plan, the live music was great and everyone loved the raffle prizes and 50/50 draw!

So, with just over 1 week left in Canada all I have to do now is write my assignment for Humber, pick up a few last minute things and pack! Keep following my blog while I'm gone...my next posting will be from GHANA!!!

One step closer

After my busy day yesterday, and what seemed like endless trips on the TTC, I am one step closer to being fully prepared to depart for Ghana! After my presentation at Humber to the new class, which was weird, I went to North York to pick up my passport, complete with entry visa!

Rain, rain go away...or not?? I am supposed to serve tonight but I feel like I could definitely use the extra time to pack up the rest of my room, as I am moving to my brother's place tomorrow afternoon. I am not packing for Ghana yet because I still don't know what clothes I'm going to take...this is where the procedure becomes taunting and tedious! I am going to need work clothes, causal clothes, dress clothes, and the same for shoes too. I was hoping to bring only by big travellers pack but I might need to bring along a small duffle bag as well. Haven't decided yet!

As for the fundraiser, things are still coming along well. Devon and I have got a few more donated raffle prizes from Starbucks, Umbra, Chapters, Prime Pubs, Cineplex... The live music is the tough part. I have all the acts booked but I've never organized anything with live music before so I'm starting to stress out about what equipment is needed.

20 days and lots to do

Hello! Welcome to my blog! While thinking of a title for this post, I realized that I only have 20 days left in Canada and LOTS of stuff still to accomplish!

Step 1: Create the blog that I have been promising people for about a month now! (sorry, as some of you know my laptop crapped out on me a few weeks ago. Hopefully it will be fixed this week).

Step 2: Make it through this week!
I have an extremely busy week this week starting with an appointment with a financial advisor (and friend), hopefully she can point me, and my finances, in the right direction! Tomorrow I have an online session with the group members I will be working with in Ghana. I don't think that should take too long as we already know each other from school! Wednesday is action packed...I am presenting YCI and my fundraiser to the new IPMP class in the morning, heading to North York right after to pick up my visa and passport, heading back downtown to meet with Devon to discuss our fundraiser then starting the 2nd season of True Blood with Nando! - Yes I did admit to that!

All of this is on top of serving in the evenings and weekends, preparing to move in with my brother and Lisa on Friday and planning a fabulous fundraiser! If you haven't heard, it's going to be at The Emmet Ray (924 College St) on Thursday September 23rd from 7pm to Midnight. It's going to be lots of fun with live music and many prizes. You'll have fun and feel good for supporting an important cause and a great organization - Youth Challenge International!