This is what we're in for...

This is how excited Steven gets over a shrimp po'boy at the beach.  I can't wait to get a picture of what fresh-made Ghanaian peanut stew Steven face looks like.

53 hours until take-off for Accra.  Neither of us is packed.  I am still at the office and I do believe that, in fact, Steven is currently driving somewhere in the Philadelphia area in a Beetle convertible, soaking up the sun. 

Still, assuming we get our a**es together in time, we leave from JFK at 11pm on Friday, carrying approximately 100 pounds of mosquito net, work gloves, and chemically-treated pants.  Doesn't everyone take vacations like this?