Back up and running...

So hey there again. As some of you know, I have been at Boston University working on my Master’s of Public Health in Epidemiology and International Health. As a fun bonus, we are encouraged to go abroad during the summer and work in the health sector internationally. I jumped on that. So here I am sitting the night before I take off from dreary old Boston to hop the ocean and check out Madagascar. Unfortunately it will be only for a small amount of time, just two months, and I will return home in July, just in time to catch some summer action before Boston plummets into winter (which I am beginning to believe it just never gets warm here.) I will be doing work on malnutrition projects, with the ultimate goal of making some babies fat. When re-reading my past blogs from Lesotho it was some intense stuff at times. I feel I have mellowed even more in some respects, yet have definitely gone back to some of my much more structured ‘American’/anal-retentive ways. As a result I now get the opportunity to go through adjustment to Africa all over again. I must also admit I am going into this feeling rather blind. I have had less than a week to prepare everything and am taking considerably less baggage. So here’s to hoping I prepared properly and didn’t forget anything too major…like bug spray, which I am just realizing I forgot. Let’s hope they have some there. I will keep this new post short and sweet and just give you some logistics. I fly out tomorrow (Tuesday) and land in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar mid afternoon on Wednesday. From there I will be based in Antananarivo for the next two months. I will do my best to keep a steady blog of what I’m up to, however I make no promises that it will be in the least bit interesting. Feel free to call me out on any stupid stuff I will inevitably do, it helps to keep me sane. So have a great beginning of the summer and I hope you enjoy!