Time flies…   

Once again the “save draft” button got me, instead of hitting “publish”. So I’m already back in the U.S. publishing this, and a lot has happened since!

Well those reports/presentations kept me super busy! Ha! Good news is they turned out really well and they are presenting my work in Rwanda next week at a multi-country VSO meeting. Bad news is I can’t go because today is my last day of work and my business visa expires Monday. I have really enjoyed this project, I think probably more so that the project I was originally supposed to be on. I truly wish I could see this project through from A-Z, but that would take about 2 years and well my assignment was just 3 months.

Wow. I can’t believe today is my last day of work; time has flown by so fast! Too fast. Two days ago my TZ work family threw myself, my roommate, and George (our Randstad co-worker from Malaysia) a going away party on our work rooftop terrace. We had food, games, and lots of catching up and goodbyes. I don’t want to believe my time in TZ is coming to an end. I can’t even begin to describe how special the last 3 months have been. It’s truly hard to imagine this not being my life my moving forward; and there aren’t even words to articulate how much I will miss Tanzania and all the friends I have made here.  My eyes leaked. Pics of the party below.

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My roommate left last night to return to Holland, and I leave tomorrow for me adventuring Nairobi, Kenya for a few days and then back to TZ and on to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro for 8 days. This is something I have been looking forward to, and somewhat relieves the sting of all the goodbyes. Tanzania has not seen the last of me, I can assure you that! I am looking forward to catching up with all my family, friends, and co-workers in the states – I’ll see y’all in a couple weeks!  I return back to the U.S. on 13 Oct. and back to work on 16 Oct.