Saturday, May 16, 2009

My First Blog

Whee. I have a blog.

I'm getting ready to leave for Nairobi tomorrow! Things have seemingly fallen into place.
  1. I am 74% sure I passed year 2 of vet school.
  2. My visa arrived 2 whole hours before I had to drive home from Ithaca.
  3. A very nice border collie named Fred let me share the front seat of a Chevy Aveo all the way home to Massachusetts.
  4. My chaco sandals won't be delivered from the repair shop for another week (thank you Petey) so I had a great excuse to go buy some new keens (thank you mom).
  5. Asia helped me figure out how to audio chat with people via a little sight called meebo. Still trying to figure out the video chat thing but my computer might just be too ancient to even know what a webcam is.
  6. I think someone will be there to get me when I arrive, although I don't know who and I wouldn't know where to tell them to take me so I hope they know where they are going. And are nice.
  7. I have a blog.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, my dad, I mean pop, called me jujube hotdog as a child. It is pronounced "Joo-Joo-Bee". Like the candy. I realize most of you probably figured the pronounciation out immediately, but my mother just came upstairs and read "joojoob" so I wanted to clarify.

I leave tomorrow night from Boston, stop in Amsterdam, and will be in Nairobi on the 18th at 7pm local time. The time there is 17 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. I will post something as soon as I can figure out the wireless but that might not be until the next day sometime, so don't get ants in your pants. Don't you just love the interweb?
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7 comments:

  1. BinneyMay 16, 2009 at 8:50 PM

    Sounds exciting, julia. We want to do a blog when we go to Thailand in the fall, so maybe you can work out the kinks and let us know how it works. For those of us less in the know, why are you headed to (or, by the time you read this, in) Kenya?

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  2. UnknownMay 16, 2009 at 8:59 PM

    I'm glad you started a blog so we can follow you on this adventure. Have fun!

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  3. Sandy LittellMay 16, 2009 at 9:01 PM

    I knew it was Jujubee..... I was just teasing you. Mom

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  4. Douglas Glenn ClarkMay 17, 2009 at 7:37 AM

    Yeah, sure, Sandy. uh huh.
    I got it wrong, too. As you know, Julia, I don't eat candy or cake or anything sweet. (a lie) I was thinking Jiffy Lube, but realize now Pop would never nickname a child after a motor oil franchise.
    You are brave and smart and you have new footwear! You will prevail. Love Unc DougLAs

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  5. eliakim littellMay 17, 2009 at 6:08 PM

    I don't think they have either jujubees or jiffylube in Kenya...
    Franchise possibilities?

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  6. Peter LittellMay 18, 2009 at 5:17 AM

    It's scary to think about what one calls one's children when you can't remember their names. :)

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  7. UnknownMay 18, 2009 at 5:18 AM

    good morning! Julia.... it's 8:15am and Asia and I are following you inflight.... you must have left Amsterdam about 5am EST - hmmm it's 3:15pm in Nairobi..only 5 more hours! and you'll be there... HURRAY!

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