things have started going wrong. not hugely wrong but a bit. enough to make me worry even more than I usually do. they're little things: my day sack seems to fall off my main bag and I can't work out how to keep it secure, I'm not going to be covered for malaria when I'm in Ethiopia (my fault, I booked my appointment at the doctors too late), my solar charger won't charge my camera, I have nooo money left at all... quite little things but they all add up to make me quite scared. I'm sure it will be amazing once I'm out there and I won't even think about these things. But at the moment it's raining and I'm broke and I can't quite believe that in 3 weeks I'll be in Africa.