I think that is the promise I am making in just about every aspect of my life….whether it be about posting on here or hanging out with friends or going to the gym or staying caught up on laundry or cleaning my place…I have so much grading to get caught up on and a paper due on Tuesday that all of that other stuff gets forgotten about!
In Africa news I got my vaccinations last week on Thursday…at least some of them. I had to get a typhoid, tetanus and hepatitus a shot. And just those three made my arms ACHE! I was so happy that I was testing on Friday because if I would have written on the white board that next day I dont think my arms would have made it through one period let alone five! The shots themselves didnt hurt…it wasnt until about two hours later that I felt the pain….and the worst part was that I like to sleep on my side…not that night! I still have to go back because I need to get the Yellow Fever vaccination and update on my polio vaccination and maybe meningitis. The doctor didn’t have all of my records so she didn’t know about the polio and meningitis and I have to get a note from my regular doctor to get the yellow fever vaccine. See when I was little I had a screwed up immune system…if I would drink out of a water fountain I would be sick for a week…something with my white blood cells was screwed up and they never figured out why. My wbc’s would just spike (one time it was just over 38,000 and apparently when you have cancer they are at 50,000 so I had to get a bone marrow test and lots of insanity). I don’t remember any of it because I was only like 18 months old but my mom freaks out about it and this doctor was concerned about the yellow fever shot because that is a live vaccine and you REALLY don’t want to get yellow fever.
I also have to figure out what else I need for the trip…err well the boyfriend needs to help me do that. I may need to get a sleeping bag and a duffel bag which could be exciting. I also still need to figure out what I need to wear while climbing and then we need to figure out what we are doing after the climb so that I can figure out what I need to wear while doing whatever that is! (wow I doubt that sentence made any sense…oh well!)
So one of the other stressors (other than the flying half way across the world to a third world nation where I don’t speak the language) is that my brother’s wedding is four days after we get back. The boyfriend finds it hilarious to joke to about another volcano erupting and delaying our return home to the point where we miss the wedding. I have the right to kill him if that actually happens right? I think it is only fair….
Ok I have four periods of pig dissection tomorrow (yay being a biology teacher?) so I should go to bed fairly soon. I love dissection but I am little burnt out on after today. I have four classes doing the same dissection and in class there are seven pigs and essentially I had to help just about every group break the pig’s jaw…that is my least favorite part of the dissection and doing it 28 times is brutal. I could post pictures if anyone wants to see them…tomorrow is at least an easier day…kids are just taking out the heart and the lungs and then reviewing for the practical on Friday!
Good night to all!
