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Excited?
People keep asking if I’m excited to go back to Africa. Boy, what a loaded question.
First of all, we spent most of our time in Dar and Iringa – not Mbeya where we’ll live – so I don’t yet have a good idea of what life there will be like. I don’t yet have a good frame of reference because we spent so much time camping. I do know I wouldn’t be excited about going back to more of that. Whew. Four and a half months was enough.
I am very much a step-by-step person. I’m the one who can’t see the forest for the trees. So until through one phase I don’t look to the next really. (Although I am quite the planner. I can plan for something – I just don’t get excited about it.)
So, our next step is packing, getting paperwork done, and getting to the airport on time. The next step is that long (very long… very, very, very long…) trip to Tanzania. The next step is to be in Dar for a certain amount of time to make sure we get Asher’s 2-month vaccinations. We don’t have those details worked out yet. Then we have the trip from Dar to Mbeya – the very long trip where we have to accomodate us, a baby, 2 dogs, and luggage. We’re not sure how that’s going to happen either. THEN we’re finally in Mbeya ready to settle in and set up house. There are A LOT of things that have to happen before we’re ever to that point so, no, I’m actually not excited right now. I’m already tired thinking about the journey to that point.
But if I allow myself to look past all the challenges to us being in Mbeya I do get excited. I see myself decorating a bit, establishing a routine, having people over, preparing meals (even if it’s just grilled cheese or PBJ), celebrating holidays, and just making that concrete duplex a home. Yes. That’s very exciting.