One week to go

Someone in my book club suggested last night that I set up a blog for my traveling, and since most people in my family and many of my friends have no idea what I do when I go far, far away, I thought it sounded like a good idea. Besides, it makes us feel closer, right?

I have one week until I leave for Uganda. It's my first trip to Africa, so I'm a little nervous, but excited at the same time. I'll be getting my first ever Yellow Fever shot on Friday. How exciting, really. Not.

I don't know too much yet about my trip and work, but I do know that it has to do with growth promotion programs and setting them up in Uganda. I worked on some growth promotion programs several years ago with the really cool woman featured in this article, that just came out: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1124300,00.html . She's famous now, but I talked to her yesterday and she says she'll still remember the little people like me. ;-)

More to come...