Five weeks
Just five more weeks, and I will be in Tanzania!
Things I still need to do:
Get my prescriptions for Malarone (the malaria medication with few to no psychological side effects) and Diamox (to help prevent acute altitude sickness)
Get my Hep A shot (Hep A is water-borne; Hep B is an STD, but I was vaccinated against it in grade 11 anyway)
Get my visa, therefore get passport photo, express post envelope and admin fee of $75 (an interesting sidenote: the UK and Canada are the only members of the commonwealth whose citizens require a visa to enter Tanzania or Kenya.... and I have no clue as to why)
Continue training
As part of my training for the climb, I have been running a lot. I was preparing for the MDS Nordion 10 km race that is part of the National Capital Marathon Weekend. It is tomorrow at 6:30 pm. Mom and dad are going to be there to cheer me on and feed me lasagne at the finish line. I will running 10 and 1'a (10 minutes running, 1 minute walking). My pace waivers between approximately 9.6 and 8.8 km/hour, so I won't be finishing very quickly, but I am not in it for a gold medal anyway. It's the first time I've done a 10 k, so I just want to cross the finish line in one piece. If I can, the next step is doing a half marathon. I will probably join a running room clinic for that one though.
So, the countdown begins. And over on the other side of the continent, a very different kind of countdown is taking place. I'd like to know the Vegas odds on my returning from the Spice Islands an Auntie. :-) We Curries do tend to value punctuality, and often show up early for special events.
Comments
5 weeks - not long now!
Malarone - "the malaria medication with few to no psychological side effects" - is that their advertising tag line? Impressive ;-)
Has it really been a year since Tim and I were down there for the National Capital Marathon?! Wow. Time flies! Best of luck tomorrow - you will have NO problem finishing in one piece. Especially with Dad's lasagna as part of the incentive ;-)
It's true - Baby Girl is the one in complete control now of our schedules(and, apparently, my basic bodily functions, such as breathing). It is entirely possible she will be consistent with our family values and make her debut early. Shhh... don't say that too loudly around Tim though ;-) Feel free to pick a delivery date - I'll put it into the friday night pool (because I'm assuming there will be one ;-)). Not sure what the prize'll be (other than the distinguished honour of being able to say "Nyah Nyah - I was right" which actually carries quite a bit of weight with our crowd!)
Posted by: heather at May 27, 2005 11:30 AM