Sasa by Proxy

I'll liken this first entry to when Johnny Carson had a stand-in on the Tonight Show. Why? Because this isn't Sarah -- Josh here, folks, giving a quick update, as Sarah emailed me that she had no clue how to access this, her blog. Shocking, right? In true SWP fashion, she'll blame the endless travel and jet lag, but we all know that IT just ain't her bag. Provided that Tanzania has some sort of wireless tower built in to the neck of a giraffe, you should be getting the updates straight from the red headed horse's mouth in no time (and by no time, it might just be that: no time). But until she finds some morsel of technological civilization, here's the skinny from Chicago headquarters:

I got an email from Sarah from the Amsterdam airport, and she, Nell, Pearl, Dayna, Gabby, and Noah were hunkered down at the local McDonald's, where some golden arch separation anxiety was about to set in. Not so much for the Rosenberg clan, as they'll return to the Super Size mecca known as the US of A in a few weeks -- but for the ladies Wood-Prince it'll be a McFlurry drought until sometime in mid-2008, so it was HappyMealPalooza for Nell and Pearl. However, despite the McFamiliarity, it seems Nell and Pearl dubbed the international fast food experience "a bit weird."

Prior to their arrival, the ever imaginative and sometimes hallucinogenic Nell claimed with steadfast determination that a UFO passed by their plane while in flight. Sarah thinks it's due to the fact that she had yet to sleep up until that point, but no matter what caused her "vision", I'd expect an extra-terrestrial themed new novel from Nell sometime this fall. Watch out JK Rowling, this girl will see your Harry Potter and raise you two fairies and a Webkinz. But seriously people, overall they are brimming with excitement, especially the kiddos, despite less than favorable plane seats and the reality of several more hours of cramped travel.

So there you have the update from the first stop on their journey. By the time this first guest-DJ blog entry gets posted, Laverne and Shirley and all their kin will probably be crammed inside a 6-person van with the rest of the village making their way to the Comfort Inn & Huts where they'll set up camp. Hopefully the next entry you read will be from Sasa herself. But that means she needs to turn the computer on, get an internet connection, and figure out how to make a blog entry. If that all happens, the Gods, indeed, must be crazy. Stay tuned...