Last Week

It's hard to believe we will be flying to Greece this time next week!  I remember when the countdown was at 50-some days...crazy.  I'm going to be glad to be home and see friends and family and kiss Harley's snout, but believe it or not, there will be some things I will miss about Addis.  

I will miss the people... the funny, the friendly, the sometimes annoying, but always smiling people.  The "Hey! You, you,you!" - "Hey Miss.. Where you go??!" -"Welcome to Addis" or the people you pull up beside in the public van taxis who are laughing hysterically at the 3 white girls squished in with 22 people in what's supposed to be a 12 seater van.  I will miss the busyness  of the streets and the fact that there are always people out and about greeting and talking to each other.  

When we first got here all I could see was the pollution, the begging and the cultural differences I wasn't used to,  we eventually just started  saying "hey... it's Addis" and were able to see past most undesirable things. The three most important things that I packed for this trip were 1) A sense of humor 2) Positivity and 3) Jenn.  They made this trip fun, hilarious and in the end very worth while.  We had a chance to teach at the school, help at the orphanage, fly to different parts of Ethiopia, meet some really cool people and learn a lot about ourselves (this sounds an awful lot like a reflection paper...) Anyway just wanted to say thanks to everyone who read this and who supported me in different ways throughout the trip....I survived!  See you soon! Xoxo