Goodbye Guinea! (yes, that exclamation point indicates excitment)

This Friday, August 10, 2007, I will be leaving Guinea. IRC asked me to stay longer, but it is time for me to go. I'm not learning as much anymore, my patience is waning, and I really do miss seeing my family and spending time with George.

George was sent away from Conakry on May 30th (two months earlier than his scheduled rotation time) to the US Embassy in Athens, Greece. I'm going from Conakry to Athens on Friday. Then I'll be in Athens for 2 weeks with George while he's working and then he has two weeks of vacation time (we hope). We're finally going to take a little trip together around a few Greek islands and also, a dip onto the coast of Turkey. Should be good and a wonderful change from Conakry, the ugliest city in West Africa (and that's SOME KINDA UGLY, trust me on this) ....

Then, I'll fly back to Henrietta, Texas on September 9th to see my family and be there for the big Clay County Pioneer Reunion and Rodeo and my 10 year high school class reunion. I'm planning on staying for a while in Texas (don't know how long yet).

And I don't know where I'll be going beyond that. Maybe home. Maybe Greece. Maybe DC. Maybe ?? Lots of things up in the air these days and I'm just trying to be flexible and figure things out step by step. I will of course keep everyone updated on where I end up.

I also am either going to change the name of this blog or create a new one. Haven't decided which yet. Will keep you updated on that too.