OK - as I procrastinate my last day of grading exams until August I am starting to get very excited about the upcoming trip to Maputo. And, in honor of Jen and her request for me to keep up this blog as we travel this summer, I just decided to gear it up early. (Just one of many things I've done today to avoid sitting at the table and grading papers.)
After a great weekend in Austin for John and Johanna's wedding on May 15, Tom spent a night in NYC and headed to Nairobi for a "Lighting Africa" conference. This was a very fruitful trip for him and we are hopeful that it will result in funding for his own dissertation research. He's now in Kampala and I am kicking myself for not forcing him to take the camera. He has provided good descriptions, but I would like to see the mosque at sunset from the balcony of his hotel room. It is what it is - or as Charles would say, "It isn't what it isn't." And there isn't a photo!
Tom's turned into a global traveler after he finished his comprehensive exams in February, spending a month in Karachi before setting off on his African adventure. Incidentally, after a month in Karachi and being confined to his hotel, he is very excited to take long walks in the city and even drink a few beers - two things that were impossible in Pakistan. He sounds good - and I'm very glad. Tomorrow marks the first day of meetings in Kampala and he'll schedule when he will travel to the villages to formalize the research study. Good stuff, indeed.
I've got just over a week left to pack and get the house ready for Eddie. Travel innoculations in check, new glasses to be picked up this week, clean bill of health from my doctor... and all is well. I just have to sit through a week of professional development meetings at the end of the school year. There is something seriously wrong with PD at the end of the year, but that's a subject for a whole different blog.
More soon...
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