one less person :(

So this afternoon, one of two stagemates that I will be doing this bike trip with came and I was soooo happy to see him; the other one is supposed to be coming tomorrow. I was unsure for a day or two whether we were actually going to go through with our trip b/c one of the guys -- Justin -- that was supposed to come broke his leg two weeks ago. He swerved out of the way of an oncoming motorcycle but the motorcyle swerved too and Justin's leg was run over by the motorcyle. I don't know how he got through it b/c at first he thought he just had a dislocated hip and had his dad's brother pull on it twice trying to pop it back into place! When that didn't work he had them call Peace Corps and Peace Corps came out the next morning and got him. He had surgery and now had a plate and 6 screws in his femur. Broken leg and surgery in Mali -- I really admire him for going through all that, i don't know if I could have done it. Next week he is going back to the states to have it looked at just to be sure everything is okay.
I am really going to miss him on our trip. But some of you wrote and seemed a bit concerned. But it i all good and i will be fine...a little tired maybe ;) But it is the onset of cold season here, so that helps....i would never consider myself a sane person if I wanted to do this at any other time of the year. haha