Moving on...

There's been a gap in blog activity lately, which coincidentally immediately followed "The Game We Do Not Speak Of", Game 6. That will be my only reference to an otherwise great NBA season. On the bright side, "GO LAKERS!" narrowly beat out "I'm Hungry" by a 3-to-2 margin to win our online Swisser-poll. Those of you who voted for the Lakers are invited over to my house for food. Those of you who let your stomachs vote get nothing.

So moving on... I'm in Zambia right now. We just arrived this morning at 630am after two 10-hour flights, 3 movies ("There will be blood", "I am Legend", and "Fool's Gold" -- no I didn't turn into a chick over Senegal, I just needed a little levity after 2 dark/intense movies. Nothing like watching Kate Hudson & Matt McConangoinehsklh try to act to help you forget viral-zombie-freaks and bowling-pin-murders.) Oh, then we had a 5-hour bus ride from Lusaka to Ndola, taking our grand total of in-vehicle transportation time (not counting layovers) to 25 hours. Ironically, this was one of 2 things I've been actively looking forward to on this trip -- getting caught up on sleep during travel. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we're on this trip and I'm sure it will be a blast, but it's going to be work. I've been so tired/busy/spent for the past couple weeks, sitting on a plane (confined to 2.7 cubic feet of space) and not checking email/voicemail for a solid day actually sounded refreshing. It kind of was (back & neck pain and lower extremity ischemia aside). The other part I'm looking forward to? The ride home. Totally want to watch "The Bucket List" and maybe try to get into "Horton Hears a Who" again.

Tomorrow we're supposed to get started with medical team introductions and organizing all of the supplies we brought for donation. I have no idea what all we brought, but I do know that THE WIFE went and purchased ~$900 worth of glucometer strips to go with the donated glucometers. Those crafty drug companies have it nailed... it's like they're giving away free GameBoys to little kids that only run on their brand of batteries. Those poor parents are screwed! I used to think that was really nice that BIG PHARM gave away glucometers for next to nothing... now I don't. Glucometer strips are a ripoff. I'm totally going to lower the glycemic index of my diet, right after I finish off my travel-stash of Sour Patch Kids & Good 'n Plenty.

(Editor's note: this would have been an ideal place for some wierd candy-related You-Tube links, but given the slow internet speed here... we're going to have to wait on those. If anyone can find the Good 'n Plenty link in one of my past posts and comment before I leave Zambia, you get a free giraffe.)