Happy New Year! And what a crap job of blogging I've been doing lately. My excuse.. the past 3 weeks I turned in 3 final projects, Ben came, we explored all over the place while working on papers and returning to Sheffield for my last few classes, then spent a very brief 8 days at home with family for Christmas/New Years, which was amazing and wonderful and now seems like a very distant memory. In the last 24 hours, I've gone from Bellingham to Seattle to Reykjavic to Manchester to Sheffield, and in the next 24 hours I'll be going from Sheffield to London to Nairobi, then up to West Pokot, Kenya for a week of field work. The following week I'll be visiting old friends and dear kids in Kitale with my classmate, Manon.
A few highlights of the last few weeks:
Big, beautiful castles in Edinburgh.
Hitting the beaches in Brighton.
(The fish and chips have clearly not been too kind on my figure.)
Beautiful family and food.
To say the last few days have been a whirlwind is a massive understatement. My brain has decided it's had enough of all these different time zones and is just going to be awake 24/7, and my heart is heavy being away from people I love. I'm thrilled for Kenya, but simultaneously exhausted and overwhelmed with all that the next few days/weeks/months entail. Prayers for peace and safety would be much appreciated. Also, prayers for no malaria. The preventative meds I usually take for it have started making my skin hyper-photosensitive (a nightmare in African sun), so I'm going to stick with nets and repellent and hope for the best.
Much love to you all.. more from Kenya!
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