immunizated

Innoculated, immunized, protected, geschutzt, stabbed, pricked, temporarily given a disease.


Today we got our shots for travel so we don't get sick over there. Katie isn't a big fan of shots, but she took them like a trooper. We were pleased to find out we did not need a few we weren't sure about. This saved us a fair amount of money, as these things are expensive when you lack health insurance.

Of course, any amount is worth it if it means sitting in a hospital for weeks in a foreign country.

This is what Hepatitis A looks like, which we wont be getting
now ----->










So, the plane is ready, the jobs are ready, the packing stuff (extras) are ready, the communication is ready, and the bodies are now ready. We just need to get the visas ready, which is mainly being done for us, and we will be ready to roll.

These are good things.

UPDATE

As of today, both Katie and I are officially employed by the State Dept of the USA as interns and instructors for students wanting to study in America, in Thailand. The place is right, the visas are right, the housing is right. Everything is, in a word, right.

This is very exciting news because it takes all the unknown out of the situation. The question of whether we'll get visas to actually stay for more than 3 months has been answered in the affirmative.

This has been a very exciting day for me, as well as both of my brothers: one who had a baby boy today, the other who sold his house today (last night, but who's counting?)