Our Journey Starts Tomorrow!

Well, the preparatory lists are pretty well run through. Tomorrow, last-minute items both with the house and bank. We remembered to tell the credit card companies not to be alarmed at sudden billing from Botswana. We told the dry-cleaner to take a 3 month break. We have income tax preparation to do, but the 1099s will delay our getting everything to our accountant (also a reader of this journal!), so we'll do what we can by email and snail mail to get taxes in on time (we get back 4/15!)
I even had time to prepare another Power-Point talk, less boring than some of my previous opi in light of its relative brevity.
We hope to fully enjoy the next three months: the experience of another culture, the opportunity to teach and learn, the hope I have to make a step forward enhancing understanding of the role of cardiology and cardiac ultrasound in general patient diagnosis and management, the opportunity to travel within the country and to RSA to see the countryside and observe the wildlife, and the environments of the Kalahari, the Okavango delta, Victoria Falls, Chobe, Capetown, and those two golf courses in Gaborone! I'm not expecting much cuisine-wise, but you never know.