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Mom (Grandma Z) arrived from Wauwatosa. Saw Tommy and Tonner Dunn who were going to Scottsdale. Flight on NWA (~1.00pm) no problem, direct flight was nice. Arrived Terminal A at Washington National. Then it was off to the airport shuttle to ...

... is crawling up above them on land. The force of that knocks the insect into the water and voila! a fresh meal. Well, there were a ton of crickets crawling around above them and we got to see the action up close. In fact, one of the triggerfish even jumped out of the water and grabbed one off of the rock above. It was pretty cool; just like the Discovery Channel (but real!). The next day was a cold and rainy day and it was time to take Sara to the airport. It was a ...

... and support groups within their companies. The message I took from this experience is to work for an organization that wants you for who you are and what you can do. This puts me in a hard spot though because all I have seen and done tells me that the State Department is a very accepting place but because of the Defense of Marriage act they are legally limited in their acceptance. I can only hope that Senator Lieberman's bill will pass and give me the rights I am entitled too.

... a week from tomorrow I will be in charge of all the donor related things in the office (a little scary but I think I should be able to do it). It was so much fun going out on the pick-ups, and amusing because I was the only girl (the send all the big strong men). By the end though I was going to smack the next lady who said, her hun you take the sheets and let the strong guys to the moving, or we girls weren't meant to move things, or anything along those lines. I am ...

home on xmas eve, picked up by dad xmas eve at uncle donald's 12/25 - xmas brunch at our house, dinner at uncle john's, lori's 12/26 - got my hard cast put on several days of relaxing 12/19 - black and red party at mt house baltimore, old friend's 12/31 new year's at lapas more relaxting the beach on 1/6 back to boulder (free flight voucher) 1/7

I'm finally finished packing for the trip. I forgot how much you have to do to get ready for an extended trip. I had to stop home today during work because I forgot to mow my lawn and turn off the electricity(I'm so cheap). Anyway, for those of you who don't know much about Ecuador here is a brief summary: Ecuador is the 2nd smallest country in South America. It has a ...

... him and his girlfriend do 6 hour shifts of sit-down protesting. They have a nest for sleeping and eating set up directly opposite the White House. Fair play fella. Next was a one hour (sweat inducing and 2 stone wieght losing) walk to the Abe Lincoln memorial. Very impressive indeed. Walked up the steps and sat down there with an ice cream so I could re-enact Clint in the film 'In the line of fire'. I could have spent all day in DC visiting museums and galleries but ...

... we decided to explore north of the airport. We hadn't headed up toward Waikoloa when we were here in October - we'd always turned off to the east to go up to the mountain golf courses. We found the Hilton resort and didn't view that much, but there was a "beach access" parking lot in the huge complex where the Marriott is (this is gorgeous - and the "ritzy" area, I think). A shopping mall with Bulgari, Coach, Tiffany - you get the ambiance. So I ...

So, here are some photos from our trip. It was quite an experience. We did a van tour of Santa Fe, similar to the tour we took in Key West. It gave us a good overview of the historic and artsy downtown which was a 10-15 minute walk from our hotel. Art is everywhere...sculptures and paintings even on highway walls and overpasses. The elevator in our hotel was beatiful, goofy as that sounds. It was lined with Native American ...

... inefficient and ineffective, and have also heard about how foreign aid can breed dependency before. But experiencing it for ourselves was a great learning experience and made us start thinking about how we can best contribute ourselves in the future to international health in the most effective manner possible. How do we ensure accountability among NGO's and ensure that money is being spent as efficiently as possible? Some common ...