1. I have everything done medically! I got my final round of shots. As you know, I've been bff with my pharmacist Sassan. He is a quite serious older Indian man, but I try to joke around with him all the time. Yesterday he joked back with me, and even coined the phrase "Righty typhy, lefty heppy" to remember which shot goes in which arm. (Typhoid vs. Hepatitis) I died laughing. So far I have gotten:
-3 rounds of Hepatitus A&B vaccines
-1 yellow fever vaccine
-1 typhoid vaccine
-150 daily malarial pills
-3 rounds of antibiotics for stomach parasites
Want to see how gigantic my malaria medicine bottle is?
(Hulk bottle vs. regular prescription bottle)
2. I think I got my final shopping done. It was really fun to go to REI and get some essential stuff, and every purchase was justifiable! These are some things I've gotten for my trip:
-a battery powered alarm clock that also tells the temperature!
-a crank flashlight, and a little lantern for my hut
-travel bottles that are 30z for my carry on (we will be living out of our carry on bags for about 4 days while we travel to our training place)
(Hulk bottle vs. regular prescription bottle)2. I think I got my final shopping done. It was really fun to go to REI and get some essential stuff, and every purchase was justifiable! These are some things I've gotten for my trip:
-thermal leggings to wear under my long skirts (It is about 40 degrees at night inside the huts and in the mornings on the way to school)
-a warm-ish jacket (layers are the way to go, since it will vary between 40-100+ degrees)-a battery powered alarm clock that also tells the temperature!
-a crank flashlight, and a little lantern for my hut
-travel bottles that are 30z for my carry on (we will be living out of our carry on bags for about 4 days while we travel to our training place)
-a water bottle purifier and a replacement filter (that allegedly gets out 99% of parasites!)
-super deet bug repellent
-really warm socks for night
-super deet bug repellent
-really warm socks for night
-chacos for climbing hills/bathing in rivers/running from cheetahs:
-a really good heavy duty travel bag/purse to carry my stuff
-a big fat journal
-an extra 2G memory card for my camera to hold all my pictures
I think that's all. It's a lot, but they will all really help me while I'm over there.
3. I am getting everything done and closed off here financially. My sister is going to take care of my my money stuff while I'm gone. Most of my stuff will be auto-drafted from my account, but she'll be there just in case. Thursday I'm moving the rest of my stuff into storage at J.R.'s. There are a lot of little loose ends that need to be taken care of, like registering with the US embassy and getting health insurance while I'm gone. I think everything will be good though.
4. The hardest thing is saying goodbye to everyone! I'm meeting a lot of people and having a lot of dinners/goodbye stuff. I got to go back to my old school today, and that was good/weird. I missed them though! I think that I'm going to sub there when I get back in January. We'll see. I don't even have time to really think about that yet.
I got a really awesome book yesterday and I want to talk about it! This post is way too long, so I promise to talk about it next post!
Bye!
-a really good heavy duty travel bag/purse to carry my stuff-a big fat journal
-an extra 2G memory card for my camera to hold all my pictures
I think that's all. It's a lot, but they will all really help me while I'm over there.
3. I am getting everything done and closed off here financially. My sister is going to take care of my my money stuff while I'm gone. Most of my stuff will be auto-drafted from my account, but she'll be there just in case. Thursday I'm moving the rest of my stuff into storage at J.R.'s. There are a lot of little loose ends that need to be taken care of, like registering with the US embassy and getting health insurance while I'm gone. I think everything will be good though.
4. The hardest thing is saying goodbye to everyone! I'm meeting a lot of people and having a lot of dinners/goodbye stuff. I got to go back to my old school today, and that was good/weird. I missed them though! I think that I'm going to sub there when I get back in January. We'll see. I don't even have time to really think about that yet.
I got a really awesome book yesterday and I want to talk about it! This post is way too long, so I promise to talk about it next post!
Bye!
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