Friday night I went to NY to hang out with Lucia. Sitting in the back of Queen of Sheeba, an excellent Ethiopian restaurant in the city, we discussed my impending departure.
It was 11 months ago, and we were sitting outside another restaurant when I first proposed this idea to go to Bara for a year. And now, it is a reality, and in 4 weeks I'll be arriving in Jo'burg. With some minor pre-departure jitters (or due to voluminous coffee required to stay up post-call) we discussed what a great opportunity this is going to be. It was also helpful to ask some last minute technical details, related to where I'm going to live and getting around the city. When Lucia went to Bara, she actually stayed where I'll be staying...
In some ways, it seems like there is still a lot to get done in the next few weeks. A few boxes of stuff to go through. Trying to read up on some pedi topics. Lots of people to see. I suspect that what'll happen is stuff to sort through will simply end up in storage, unsorted, pedi topics won't get reviewed, and I'll be on the plane thinking of the people that I didn't really get to hang out with before departing..
It's all good.
