What a day!

It started with waking up at 5am, then a snappy conversation with someone, then an argument with someone else, then some tears, then some laughter, then some hysteria (both good and bad), then leading a session about formulating our group contract, then a bit of an up, then a bit of a down, then a quick trip into town for fruit juice and Diwali cake as a treat for our group as a "Welcome to your New Home" celebration for tomorrow night, then lunch, then some more up-down-up-down and hysteria and laughter and homesickness and fun and sadness, then some packing, then some counting out group kit and food supplies for 19 days (see pic), then such pride in my group's teamwork and creativity in presenting their group contract, then a trangia cookery competition for the venturers, then a staff meeting with some Indian sweets to say goodbye to everyone going out on phase 1 tomorrow, then a last minute medical kit check with the fieldbase medic, then a debrief with other project managers, then a quick email check that turned into a longer internet session than intended, then finding out I have a place in the 2009 London marathon (eeeek!), then some more emailing, and hopefully now some sleep before we deploy to the jungle, the quiet jungle, where the elephants sleep tonight - for the next 19 days.

I must be absolutely mental.