A. getting ready

But not fast enough. He has so much to do! Tonight we made a mad dash to the store and he bought a digital camera, extra memory stick, small case, beard trimmer, white long-sleeved shirt.

He had a talk this afternoon with one of our colleagues who lived in Ethiopia for a length of time. He gave A. lots of advice, and poor A. came home from their chat absolutely overwhelmed and said, "What were they thinking?? I have no idea what I'm doing!"

He wants me to take tomorrow off work to help him. I would except I need to do a bunch of stuff to keep R. profitably occupied.