To India we go!

Tomorrow evening, I'm headed to India.  For real.  I have been so very busy with school and moving apartments that I hadn't had a chance to really process what's happening.  So, here it is; I'm going to India.  I can't quit saying it. :-)  I'm going to INDIA!  We're leaving Sunday night and we'll land earrrrly Tuesday morning local time.  I've never been on a plane that long; I think I might go a little crazy.  For that matter, I've never been out of the country.  I anticipate some earth-shattering experiences.  I'm ready.

In incredibly excited about the opportunity.  For those of you who don't know, I got the chance to go to India through my program at FSU.  Our O&M professor, Mickey, has founded a non-profit organization, Ability Beyond the Horizon, which sends O&M instructors into developing countries to teach and create more O&M instructors.  This year's the pilot run, and my classmate and friend Lauren and I get to join in on the fun.  

By the way... If you're not sure what O&M is, then you're not alone.  O&M stands for orientation and mobility, and it's a branch of instruction for people who are blind that focuses on teaching people how to move through space, usually that involves using long, white canes to move safely indoor and outdoors.

It seems like we'll be splitting our time between teaching actual blind people and teaching sighted people to be O&M instructors.  I can't really fathom what the traffic will be like in Bangalore, but I did watch a video of a man crossing the street on YouTube, and it made me a tiny bit nervous.  I imagine crossing the street will take a bit of decisive action and a lot of nerve.  

I want to try to blog every day, we'll see if that can happens.  Maybe if I write it here, I'll make it happen.

Look for the next post sometime Tuesday.