Well, now I am going to Botswana

So last week it was figured out that I CAN go to Botswana, so my new departure date is April 1, 2011 (gee, hope that isn't a joke!?) and I will be working with an NGO in HIV/AIDS arena.  I think this will be a great match for me.  Have decided that I will be fostering out all my pets and renting the house out entirely, so now its time to shrink my stuff even more, pack up and store what i want to keep and do some home repair to get things ready.  A full time job to go with my full time job, but I am eager and excited. Reading about AIDS in Africa and why some countries have a very high incidence, like Botswana and others don't. If it were just one reason, everyone would have resolved it and moved on, but unfortunately it is very complex.  My almost 11 year old niece (she's the one who drew the picture above, about 5 years ago) and i went out last weekend and bought matching journals so we can each write down each day what we are doing and what the other person is missing out on.  I am not a great journal writer, but now, knowing I have her to answer to, and that I will kind of be writing it to her, will help me make the effort. May keep an ancillary one for some of my other thoughts!  Now, how do I change my blog name and get myself into the Botswana blogs/????!  Wishing everyone who is heading to Senegal in March all the best!