The semester has now come to a close- finals are done, grades are in, the holidays are quickly approaching and I still have a long to-do list in order to be ready for my trip!!! I’ve been gathering things here and there—but now it’s time to get down to business!
Shots and medications are in order. Passport/visa are in hand. My skirt collection has grown exponentially. Sunscreen and mosquito repellant are ready for action. Things are coming together!! In the whirlwind of exams, papers and clinical hours Christmas has snuck up on me. So as I sing carols, wrap gifts and decorate the tree I am going over my packing list for the 400th time. “Well I need about 800+ crayons, props for “malaria tag”- so we know who’s "it" (playing the role of an anopheles mosquito) and who’s the medical-type person (giving “medicine” to those who have been tagged so they can get well… and un-frozen).
Then there’s a whole list of personal things: camera batteries, outlet converter, some inexpensive sunglasses (that I will surely lose or break during the first week)…and so on. Overall it’s just little sorts of things, which consequently are the easiest types of things to forget. Which is why I’m making a list…and checking it more than twice.
I wish everyone the most joyous of holidays!!
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