A GULU CELEBRATION

A GULU CELEBRATION

Monday, February 9, 2009

The Final Hours...

Soon, very soon, I will be headed to Uganda! Yikes!


I'm allowed to take two bags totaling 80 lbs. Now, that seems like a lot. But it boils down to three days worth of clothes, two sheets, one rain pancho, and a partridge in a pear tree. I now have more stuff in the "absolutely too heavy to take" pile, than I have in the absolutely goes in the bag pile! Good news is, the Peace Corps supplies dental floss, so thank God, I don't have to take up space packing that!


Most of you have heard the African proverb, "It takes a village to raise a child," well, it is taking a village to get me out of town and to Africa!. Today, Leslie helped me pack again, while Helen got my car washed, Joe uploaded some books to a media storage unit, my accountant was doing my taxes, and Karen was teaching me to needlepoint.


Tomorrow is my last day in KC. Very odd to think about. How can it be that this time next week I'll be in Uganda?