So Long!
It just dawned on me this evening as to what I'm actually doing. I'm moving to bleeping Africa in a few days. I'm sure it won't even sink in that much until after I'm there for a while. I'm ready for the next stage in my life to begin. The other day I even busted out one of those "one time back in college" stories. They called me out and pointed out that that was only 3 months ago.I've been taking great care to appreciate certain things today such as turning on my faucet and thinking "Wow, thanks pretty amazing and convenient how that works," and flushing the toilet and thinking "Huh, what a good idea," and going to my room and flicking on the light and thinking "Pure genius! What will they come up with next?"
Packing went pretty well. I went and got everything weighed, and it was only 60 lbs! 20 lbs to spare surprisingly. The hardest part about packing was probably deciding which CD's I'm going to bring (iPod schmipod) out of my 500+ collection. Tomorrow I'm off to Philly for a few days for staging. Then we fly out of JFK on the 5th for Brussels, Belgium and then we head down to Africa. 3 continents in a day!
A few of you were interested in what CD's I'm bringing. I went for variety in case I'm in the mood for something in particular. Here they are:
The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium, Dead Can Dance - Spirit Chaser, John Denver - Favourites, John Scofield - Plays Ray Charles, Reggae Masters v3, Sigur Ros - ( ), Mofro - Southern Fried v4, Mastodon - Leviathan, Umphrey's - Covers the World v1, Widespread Panic - Ball, Opeth - Still Life, Rush - 1974-1980, Black Label Society - Hangover Music v6, Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese, Yonder Mountain String Band - Town by Town, Orphaned Land - Mabool, The Bad Plus - 10/7/05, Enya - A Day Without Rain, Bela Fleck/Edgar Meyer - Music for Two, Leo Kottke - Essential, Umphrey's McGee - Safety in Numbers, Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days, Devin Townsend - Terria
Well friends, it's been a good few years. I leave you with this quote that I enjoy (thanks Becca!)
“Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger in the long run is no safer that outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing." - Helen Keller
posted by Evan @ 8:51 PM
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Hi Evan!
Please continue to update your blog. Can't wait to hear about your arrival, incountry training, host family (if you have one) and ultimate assignment. We are looking forward to an assignment beginning in May '07. Not certain but think it will be in The Gambia. Your packing list is very helpful. Please let us know over time what items were a good idea to bring and what ones you could have done without. Did you decide to bring a laptop? We are thinking of getting one off of Ebay already loaded with Windows and Office. A number of postings indicate we should not take anything we don't mind having stolen, lost or broken. So . . .
Keep up the good work. By the way, what is your formal "assignment" wording? We are teaching IT and Chemistry. (husband is IT and I am Chemistry)
Thanks
June
Hi June,
Thanks for taking interest in my blog! Glad it has been of some help to you. The Gambia has been wonderful so far. I will update it as much as I am able to. I did end up bringing an old laptop, but we'll see if it becomes useful in about 9 weeks. If you have any other questions you can always e-mail me at evanmroth at gmail, and I will try my best to answer them when I can.
-Evan
Oh, and ICT Specialist is my title.
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