You could just tattoo it to my face, if you'd like.

I'm a blogging machine recently!! Yes, I know that I have lots of things to do, but for some odd reason blogging sounds a lot more enjoyable than the things I actually have to do. hehe. Just think of this as compensation for the soon to be 18 months of silence. Well, 19. I doubt I'll be doing a lot of blogging in Ghana.

SPEAKING of which, ONE MONTH FROM TODAY I'LL BE IN GHANA!!! Halle-freaking-lujah. I'm so excited. I'm ready to be there. Well, almost. Still have to get some stuff together, prepare my lessons on women's health to teach down there, get some anti-malarial pills, and--you know--pack, but overall, it's coming up fast. I even went and got my vaccines last week! It really stinks that most insurances don't cover vaccines for travel to other countries, because my pocket sure took a hit for only three vaccines. But here's the funny part. I got two injections (Polio and Yellow fever) and then one oral typhoid vaccine because 1) it was a bit cheaper, and I, as you should know, am frugal and 2) it lasts for 5 years as opposed to two years, and I figured, you never know where you'll go. But the key with the typhoid pill is that you have take 4 pills, one every other day with 8-12 oz of water. But you can't miss a single day. If you do, you have to start the whole process all over, beginning with buying new pills, and that's not conducive with my frugality. So to help you remember, the manufacturers have thought of some clever ways to subtly remind you to take your pill.

1. These are fun little stickers that you write on and put one on the fridge and one on the bathroom mirror. They even labeled each one lest you put the fridge one on the mirror.


2. This is my favorite. A reminder bracelet! Remember all those LiveStrong bracelets that were all the rage in say, middle school?! Apparently they still make them! And you may not be able to read it (I have no idea why my hand is so red in this picture) but the bracelet says "Remember Oral Typhoid Vaccine". HOW AWESOME IS THAT?! Really! It's clever, helpful, and most of all very fashionable. I'm tempted to never take it off. The website? www.reminderband.com. I'm going to do this for everything I ever need to remember. Ever. Think about it. You could have a whole to-do list that goes to your elbow, but instead of crossing it off, you'll just take a bracelet off. I like it.

Moving on. Have I mentioned that when Camille and I are in Salt Lake for clinical from Wednesday evening til Thursday afternoon or Friday afternoon we stay at her grandparents house? Well we've done this every week since September so I've grown really close to them. They are marvelous people. So this week, when we were there on Wednesday night, we found these mugs sitting on the table filled with chocolate! (They DO know me well!)

How cute is this?! Camille's mug is pink and says "girls love...SHOES!" with a little shoe instead. And it had a note on it that said "Happy Easter, we love you!" Seriously, how cute is that?!
And don't worry mom, I'm going to find a way to bring this mug back to NY safely so that you can appreciate it too :)