Au revoir America Bonjour Tanzania

I am currently sitting at gate 46 Delta KLM Air France in Newark Airport waiting for our flight to depart in over 5 hours. These last 5 hours are our last American hours, last call to family hours and literally any last minute affairs to handle hours.

Having weighed all 3 baggage prior to check-in at the airport counter, confident that each were under 50, to my dismay, one luggage was at 62 or 64 when the agent weighed it. Fudge! I quickly transferred things from bag A to bag B. I hate last minute stress and holding up the line. Once those 3 eyesores were out of my sight until I see them again in Tanzania, for the moment I can relax and chill. If it wasn't for the only volunteer who came with only 1 bag, I'd have to discard 50 lbs of things. Thanks to One Bag Max, he gave me his allowance. Farewell to canned fish and lots of toiletries would make me sad. I treated him to his last American burger and fries with a spicy Bloody Mary cocktail.

While I have 5 hours to kill, I'll call family and use the internet for when I am in country, what we take for granted daily is something only i can hope for when I am there.