Hello from moz

The longest flight of my life was at least prefaced with a day of Peace Corps group bonding in Philadelphia. Our training group, Moz 15, has 71 volunteers with about 45 in education and 25 (like me) in health. It is so refreshing to meet other people from all over the U.S. who share the my trepidations and aspirations. Everyone is super nice and we all hang out together for meals and such. This is my family for the next two years and I already appreciate them so much.
After waking up at 2am to bus to New York, we sat at the airport for about 4 hours (we're getting good at the game bananagrams) before taking off for a 15 hour flight to Johannesburg. I slept a little bit, but woke up with a sore back, a sore butt, and sore legs. My friend next to me stayed up and watched five movies in a row. After that, it was a 45 min flight to Maputo, Mozambique and now here I am. One of my suitcases did not arrive with our flight, which stressed me out a bit but it ended up coming with the 2nd flight of Moz volunteers.
We'll be at this hotel for a few days, adjusting to jet lag and getting our shots- before we leave for training in Namaacha.
I am so optimistic for the future, but I don't think it's quite hit me yet- I'm in Africa!! Of course, where else would I find such an abundance of bats and mosquitoes? ;)