Things I Will Miss, Maybe

Today got me thinking about some things I will miss about Bend, the U.S. and more specifically the developped world. Friends, family, and my dogs are all givens. It will be interesting to see how this list changes when I actually get there. So, maybe this is more of a gratitude list.

- Great microbrews and diverse selection of beer.
- Dependable internet connection (mainly to download songs).
- Floating the Deschutes River, one couldn't ask for a better summer activity.
- Eating at new restaurants with Lindsay and Jenfoe, or just grabbing a pint at one of our many micros.
- Especially Chow, thanks Lindsay for enlightening me.
- Jenfoe's kids.
- Getting a perfect with Beth.
- Girls night out.
- My relative proximity to anything resembling Latin culture and food.
- Having a view of the Three Sisters.
- Relative lack of diseases, especially curable ones.

Things I look forward to:
- Waking up, and knowing that my job matters.
- Talking with the locals.
- Being with kids who are reselient and not spoiled.
- Waking up and seeing Kiliminjaro from my window.
- Wildlife.
- Balloon Ride over Masai Mara, Kenya.
- Murchison Falls, Uganda.
- Rafting the Nile in Uganda.
- Climbing Kili.
- Roaming and relaxing on the beaches of Zanzibar, Pemba, & Lamu all along the Swahili Coast.
- Kigali, Rwanda.
- Mountain Gorillas in the DRC, Uganda, or Rwanda.
- Lake Malawi, Malawi.
- Learning Swahili.
- Hopefully going to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup.