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Trip Start Aug 01, 2008
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Friday, June 6, 2008

My husband and I have begun to make lists. Lists of things to do before we leave, things to bring, things to pack, thiongs to throw away. Prescriptions, antibiotic cream, pots and pans, books, it just goes on and on. We received the offer to go to the Congo to open an International School which teaches in English on Monday, my husband's last day of graduate school classes. We signed and returned our agreement on Tuesday, my husband's parents arrived Tuesday afternoon to help celebrate my his graduation on Thursday and now it's Friday, and we've purchased a mini do-it-yourself French language course, filled out passport applications for our children and got his diploma framed today.

And there is so much to do my head is spinning. Vaccinations. I didn't even want my kids having their regular vaccinations, all those chemicals and who-knows-what, and here we go. Does anyone know anything about these things? What am I injecting into my kids? Can't I just stay inside at night? Don't millions of children live in africa? What do their parents do?
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