I have spent the better part of this week combing the CDC website (thanks Joseph) to see what vaccinations to get and it is really pretty scary… I don’t like needles, and I don’t like to be sick, and this time I just really can’t afford to be sick. So I will clench my teeth , practice my Lamaze breathing, and try to be a big girl.
I have been reassured by some of the other ‘lifers’ that I know living there that unless I am just totally reckless in food choice, drinking water sources, and behavior, I probably wont get sick even without the vaccs’. The Girl Scout in me insists that I’d better be prepared. So, shots it is.
Another thing that I need to do for the sake of disease avoidance is sew up my sleep sheet. Basically two twin flat sheets that are sewn to resemble a thin sleeping bag. A nifty little contraption that I used at hostels in Europe. No matter where you sleep, 5 star or 0 star, it is nice to have a barrier between you and borrowed linen.
I might even treat the fabric with the mosquito spray stuff used for netting, another thing I might take. I seem to send dinner invitations to mosquitoes, and they always RSVP. There aren’t any in Addis so there I’m cool, but anywhere else if there is a mosquito, she will probably bite me, and I hate getting shots.
denah hun!
dandelioness
