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Tying Loose Ends...

It's been a madhouse, tryng to finish up the last few things to do before we leave. The problem is, we both work the four days before we leave. So, really, today is the very last day that I really have to get things done, even though I don't leave until next Thursday.

Jess has compared this time to the time before Christmas, when you're running around, trying to get all the presents you need, all the little gifts from different places, which is very time consuming and just a little annoying.

Other than that, I think I'm really about ready. I got a haircut, which will likely be the last one for two months. I've testing the different time frames for events in my life. For example, I have paid serious attention to how long it takes me to work through a bottle of contact solution or a tube of toothpaste. I mean, really, it's important to know this, in order to properly plan. Now, this haircut time frame, it is a little different. I could say that I've just tested how long I could go without a haircut, but really, I've just been lazy. I just didn't get a haircut for about two months. So, I guess I can say that I should be ok in Kenya, without having to worry about it.

I took my first malaria pill. I'm taking Mefloquine. I was a little worried about it. Apparently one of the side effects is that it causes a little psychosis. So, I was waiting for the bugs to come crawling down the walls, that sort of thing. I didn't really experience any sorts of strange effects, which is disappointing in its own way. I had a friend taking the medicine in Ghana, she literally saw Jesus sitting in a tree outside her window. He was as real as the tree itself. She described the experience to me with a sort of humbled humor, the kind that you have when you know something isn't real, but it sure looks like it.

I went through my luggage, because it really was ridiculously overweight. I took out several articles of clothing, the sleeping bag, some other stuff. It is still heavy, but I can now get it off the ground. I had the clever idea to buy a couple of little duffel bags, which I filled with some excess medical stuff like syringes and so on that I got from my friend Amna. The plan is that I will drop all the stuff off at the clinic, and will be left with two empty duffel bags, which happen to be perfect size for overhead compartments on planes, which is essential when you have a lot of fragile souvenirs you're bringing back. Which of course is the purpose of having the two empty duffel bags.

Now, I just have to survive four days shifts. They will pass quickly, I'm sure of that. Then, it will be time to leave. It seems like just yesterday I had two whole months of waiting. If two months passed that quickly, four days won't even be noticed. Four days....

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Aaron and Jess~

I'm jealous, sounds like an awesome experience that you guys are about to jump into. Best of Luck. Have Fun. Do Good.

Cant wait to keep getting updates!!!!

hi aaron and jess-- i love you guys and it was great to talk to you this morning. i love this blog. i find myself praying for you. i hope it is wonderful. xoxo--j

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