Part of the reason I wanted to do this trip was to overcome the fears I have about the unknown; not having a plan; not having control over the goings on in my life, this trip was not only a dream of places, but a dream of peace in my stomach!

I wanted to experience the highs I have by doing so many different things with the fear that overtakes me. It's what makes me so aggressive sometimes, helps overcome the fear.

Only today I felt the panic in my stomach, the kind that wants to make me crawl under the bed and hide. Never mind the panic and fear that my husband and oldest daughter were feeling. The youngest is more travelled and not afraid of much.

Because of my planning and preparation, I was ready to go.

However, weather of Calgary interfered and this bloody rotten blizzard makes it all the more difficult, in all ways. My flight goes from Calgary to Amsterdam and then Amsterdam to Tanzania. We are boarded on the plane on time, and then get stuck on the tarmac for over three hours. There was some sort of fuse that needed to be replaced in the cockpit and we couldn't move the back out of the gate because of the snow…the math is my flight from Amsterdam was supposed to arrive at 8:30am and then leave Amsterdam for the Kilimanjaro airport at 10:30. We are now landing at 11am or so and there is no way I will make the connection. So, it'll be interesting to see what kind of adventure I'm in for once I land.

So it begins….