My Goals for the Experience

I don't normally set goals in life, I just kinda roll with it usually.  But I feel like this is a time where for the good of human kind I should set some goals.  It feels pretty weird to be doing this, but it couldn't hurt considering if I don't meet them I can simply just delete this post down the line and pretend it never happened :-).  So here they are...

1) Ride an elephant.  Ostriches are also acceptable.

That's enough for now. Just kidding.

2) Say hakuna matata atleast once a day.
3) Figure out whether atleast (at least) is one word or two.
4) Learn to run really fast like the Kenyans.
5) Name every elephant I see with a name that starts with J.
6) Be able to translate the swahili part of circle of life.
7) Hold a conversation with a native in Swahili.
8) Learn to not be so stubborn.
9) Dance in the rain (of course an African dance).
10) Actually keep in touch, not just say I will.
11) Become a professional photographer (aka take more than 25 pictures while I'm there).
12) Focus on the positives.
13) Call every baboon Rafiki until it starts talking back.
14) Don't be afraid to try new things.
15) Become pen pals with a native.
16) Learn more than just the material given in class from my professors.
17) Explore.
18) Be on top of the whole diabetes thing.
19) Let go of the American culture and embrace the new way of life.
20) Bring Wyatt Beard with me at all times.
21) And for the cheese factor...Make every day the best it can be and have the experience of a lifetime!

We'll see how these goals work out. It's gonna be trial and error or more like guess and check.  But my goal for tonight is to start packing for Africa.  After I go to the movies of course... eh, actually that goal can wait until tomorrow.