Thursday, January 29, 2009

     Well the time is approaching.  We are leaving in about a week now.  I have never been across the Atlantic Ocean, and am excited about this adventure.  This will be the longest vacation I have ever been on, and the longest time I have been away from work.  This is good, as I am about as sick of work (#@$&) as I can get which adds to my excitement about leaving for a month.  
     Still don't have all the itinerary fully set which has me a little nervous, but bought a bunch of new underwear, so that I will look good if I end up on a slab somewhere.  On top of that, I took my last Typhoid pill today and am getting sick.  Just kidding, but not sure about Kelly as she is partial to exotic illness.  However, an added benefit to the Typhoid pills is that I am now immune to Salmonella, and have been consuming copious amounts of peanut butter products in our house and those discounted at the local store dumpster due to the Salmonella outbreak taking the U.S. by storm.  Just in case anyone was wondering... you can in fact eat too much peanut butter.

     Anyway, a note I wanted to add was that if you get a bizarre email asking you to send me money, ignore it.  Apparently that has happened with my friends (Kirsten Steketee and family) who are already in Africa.   Several people have gotten emails from the Kenyan scammers (or my friends are actually in desperate need of cash and have callous friends).  If I need money that bad, I will call or say something in an email that only the recipient would likely know.  For example, "I like to smash my fingers with a hammer".  I think you get what I mean.

     Hopefully, my next entry will be from the Frankfurt or Cairo airports.  Gleefully sleep deprived and jet lagged.   JK


Friday, January 16, 2009

     OK, Myself and Kelly are taking a 32 day trip to Africa in a few weeks.  We just got our shots for Yellow Fever and Typhoid (on the 13th) which was fun given the needle phobia of one of us, and picked up all manner of drugs to help with any illness we may get along the way.  
      After being told that we may feel a little sick with the yellow fever shot (a live weak virus much like the flu mist or chicken pox immunization) Kelly IMMEDIATELY became ill and has been complaining of "yellow fever" for the past three days and feeling poorly.  Oh well, I guess we will survive in the end.  We will add more once we get going assuming neither of us has succumbed to Yellow Fever by then.....   Joe

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Testing, testing, testing....  Ignorance passing slowly.