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I feel like there's so much to write, but I'll never be able to tell you all everything I'm experiencing!

Basically, can I just tell you all that TODAY - Day 2 of my Kilimanjaro Safari Training - I took two trucks of people on their tour of the reserve. Driving and narrating and all! If you had told me YESTERDAY morning that I would be able to reel off that twenty minute dialogue while DRIVING a HUGE thirty foot long truck, I would have LAUGHED. I really lucked out with my trainer at KS (Kilimanjaro Safaris). Because she feels the speech and learning to drive are the hardest parts about this job, she's hardcore about starting out hands on. Yesterday I spent most of the day learning and memorizing the speech, and we drove the truck around the parking lot in the afternoon. First thing this morning I opened up a truck and I started driving the truck around the ride path over and over and over. It takes about eighteen minutes to complete the ride. After I felt (kinda) comfortable - or, as comfortable as I could feel - she drove while I practiced giving the speech to feel the timing. After lunch I started making the rounds doing everything - pointing out animals and providing facts about each while driving and when I thought we were almost done for the day, she told me she felt confident that I was ready for guests! I freaked! Holy cow! We ended up taking two loads of people and both went really well. I messed up a little, but it was nothing too obvious. I could go on and on and on but I am absolutely EXHAUSTED and have to be back at work bright and early! I'm sure my next few days will be a bit slower in action as I have lots of computer work to accomplish since I started all the fun stuff first!
I'll try to write more soon!