it's my last night home before i leave, already 2am, and i'm still not sure i have everything packed that i need... at this moment my biggest challenge seems to be figuring out how to turn off the alarm on the watch i got for the trip... it has been going off every 5 minutes for the past hour and i'm planning on leaving it upstairs for the night so i can sleep uninterrupted. great.
last day at Nords was pretty awesome, big sales ($1200 with one custie!!), good company (claire, you know you'll miss me), and a final "treat" from the cafe (if you havent tried the mocha cookies and cream ice storm you need to! : )
i think the last thing on the packing list is protective eye wear for our time in clinic... Lo left me a voicemail today expressing her - there goes my watch alarm again - concern that blood could splatter into our eyes during a birth - sounds funny but it's a serious issue with the danger of contracting HIV or other infectious diseases (i listened to the message - laughing - while on the floor at work, then made claire listen to it as well to remind her that i will not be "de-worming orphans in africa" but rather assisting midwives with deliveries, prenatal care and family planning education in the philippines).
time to get some sleep (although we are watching our neighbor's dog and he doesnt like to sleep alone, so he curls up next to my bed and snores - incredibly loud - the entire night), we'll see how well that goes, i think i might be too excited to sleep anyway! and it's fine if im exhausted for our red-eye tomo night... it is a 20 something hour flight afterall : )
ok, friends, if you want a postcard from somewhere in southeast asia all you have to do is leave me your address in a comment or on facebook or something, i'd love to send them, i just need the addresses!! i'll miss you all lots and wish everyone well! the next time you hear from me ill be almost 7,000 miles from home!!
hugs and love!
~Linds
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