T minus 48 hours. A friend is picking me up from the airport in Belize City and I've made arrangements to rent a furnished room located about a minute walk from the University in the house of a lecturer in the natural resource management program in which I too will be working, sweet. Life is good people. I'm still trying to pack. Geez, I think I may get some slightly amused looks in the Tampa airport when I show up wearing my hiking boots and 3 layers of clothing including my fleece. All of which I'll shed as soon as I get on the plane. You gotta do what you gotta do.