Sikasso, I'll be seeing you very soon

So I'm leaving for my actual site at 5 am tomorrow morning. I'm not too happy about this. I'm already super nervous about going to my site, having to bike 8k, and actually liking my site, and now I'm barely gonna get any sleep. Tomorrow will also be the first time I've ever taken public transport here in Mali. I'm beyond nervous about that! The buses here don't look that great... Oh well, it has to happen, so there's no use complaining about it over and over again. Anyway, right now my biggest dilemna is whether or not to listen to my ipod on the trip to Sikasso. A reason to listen to it on the way is that it'll make my 4 to 5 hour trip faster, and a reason not to is that I should save the battery for the week that i'm going to be in village. Oh and I can't even charge my ipod with my solar charger anymore because it got stolen... One day last week I was charging the solar panel by the school, and when I left to go home I forgot to pick it up. I realized as soon as I got home (literally 5 minutes later) that I left it. I ran back to the school and it was gone. I assume one of the children took it. I told my LCFs what happened and they said that they would ask around for its whereabouts, so hopefully it turns up. I'm not too angry about it because it didn't work too well and I think it was only like $15. Oh well. Anyway, Sikasso Region, here I come!