Today is going to be a day of getting it together, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. I have one week before heading to Portland to board the plane for Zimbabwe.
This last week and 1/2 have been very difficult and sad as my dad broke his hip in the night a week ago Thursday a.m. He has had a very painful and confused recovery. The doctors said that no matter what a person of that age goes into the hospital for, surgery or illness, they will become confused. Dad started getting confused when early Thursday morning and has been intermittenly confused since. I believe it is getting worse where he is. I fear that he won’t survive the time until I get back but all the family is encouraging me to get out of here for a while. I am going.
I picked up my Malarone malaria pills at Costco on Friday. They were $197.00 for a 32 day supply. I wish I would have talked to Joseph first as he used doxycyline at a fraction of the cost. I still need to get cipro, Zithromax (Cholera) , and Doxycyline (for African Tick Bite Fever).
I have only played a little this week. I would play for dad but he isn’t that much for the mbira. My mom loves it.
I heard from Patience in Zimbabwe that we need to bring money that is dated 2000 or more. In Zimbabwe currency expires so many feel that any currency will expire.
More later.. I am packing many things for storage as there will be many people through the house here while I am gone.