Archive for July, 2008

Jambo!

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Hello again! I’m still here in Kisumu. It’s the last day of training, and we have only a few hours left in the work day. Tonight is the end-of-training celebration for us (20 trainers) and the 65 trainees. Throughout the training, I’ve been leading all the icebreakers, energizer activities and games (including quite a lively [...]

Hello from Kisumu

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Dear friends and family,
Hello from western Kenya. I am in a small town called Kisumu at the “Imperial Hotel”. We have now had three and a half days (!!) of study training here in the conference rooms of this hotel. Only four more days left to train before we head back to Nairobi.
Today is Sunday so we only had [...]

Hello from Kenya

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Friends and family,
All is well here in Kenya. I arrived the day before yesterday and have had a great experience so far. We are staying in a lovely hotel in downtown Nairobi during our monitoring training. If you are not familiar with what I mean by monitoring training, I mean training for clinical trial monitors, which [...]

I love the Fartlekers!

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Monday morning

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Contents of the backseat of my car from my crazy, full weekend:

1 shovel
2 hedge trimmers
1 hand rake
4 board games
3 silly hats
1 box of melted iced cream sandwiches (don’t ask)

Technicolor world and Elmo’s turky meal

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Two things:
OMG, I have recently discovered the incredible world of prescription sunglasses. Not only do my new pair make me look like a MOVIE STAR, but the lens polarization renders the outside world a vastly happier place. The trees seem greener, and the sky somehow bluer…
Second point: I love Elmo’s Turkey and Cornbread Dressing special [...]