Friday, July 21, 2006
Getting Ready to Head South!
Well, since Chauncy's THIRD day in Ecuador passed today without an installment in the blog, he must have found better things to do today than sit in an cybercafe! We will all look forward to hearing about his adventures. I know that tonight, Gayl and Osima also arrived in Quito and that several of our CITTI people will be getting together for breakfast tomorrow morning! Very exciting!
For those of us still here, getting ready to depart is quite an interesting task! After weeks and weeks of being sure that passports were in order, all innoculations and vaccines were taken on schedule, all emergency medications and dark chocolate for altitude sickness were acquired, various articles of clothing to carry along were identified, and, maybe most important, decisions about whether or not to carry a haridryer were made (Yes, one will be carried! :), there are STILL many things to done as the time for departure nears... and most of them revolve around the fact that hyperconnected me will be leaving the telephone and the computer for two weeks.
It seems that leaving the computer is making my life a little complex at the moment. When all I want to do is pack my rolling duffle and fill up my day bag and head out, I find myself working madly to finish up projects that really cannot wait for two more weeks to come to conclusion, sending handouts for sessions that take place immediately after we return, planning meetings, and all that other stuff that comes with a rewarding, but very busy cyberconnected life. HOWEVER, all that said, two weeks without being connected minute by minute... scary, but WONDERFUL to contemplate! I will love the occasional stop in the cybercafe to check email (Will anyone miss me enough to write?? I hope so?) and write a bit about our adventures for the blog... but spending two weeks without a phone in my pocket and a computer on my hip is something that I find both a little daunting (What if someone needs me? Oh, that is what all of those contact numbers are for?) and a MARVELOUS opportunity to live in the reality of where we are doing what we are here for!
I cannot wait to be on the way and to meet the whole group for breakfast in Quito on Sunday!
For those of us still here, getting ready to depart is quite an interesting task! After weeks and weeks of being sure that passports were in order, all innoculations and vaccines were taken on schedule, all emergency medications and dark chocolate for altitude sickness were acquired, various articles of clothing to carry along were identified, and, maybe most important, decisions about whether or not to carry a haridryer were made (Yes, one will be carried! :), there are STILL many things to done as the time for departure nears... and most of them revolve around the fact that hyperconnected me will be leaving the telephone and the computer for two weeks.
It seems that leaving the computer is making my life a little complex at the moment. When all I want to do is pack my rolling duffle and fill up my day bag and head out, I find myself working madly to finish up projects that really cannot wait for two more weeks to come to conclusion, sending handouts for sessions that take place immediately after we return, planning meetings, and all that other stuff that comes with a rewarding, but very busy cyberconnected life. HOWEVER, all that said, two weeks without being connected minute by minute... scary, but WONDERFUL to contemplate! I will love the occasional stop in the cybercafe to check email (Will anyone miss me enough to write?? I hope so?) and write a bit about our adventures for the blog... but spending two weeks without a phone in my pocket and a computer on my hip is something that I find both a little daunting (What if someone needs me? Oh, that is what all of those contact numbers are for?) and a MARVELOUS opportunity to live in the reality of where we are doing what we are here for!
I cannot wait to be on the way and to meet the whole group for breakfast in Quito on Sunday!
