April Showers

I think I have mentioned this before....in Kenya there are two seasons- dry and rainy. Right now we are in the rainy season and last night there was incredible, powering rain that washed out the whole city. The drainage system in Nairobi is not good, in fact- to be frank, it sucks- leaving streets flooded and cars stranded. So the rainy season will last until June and then I guess we move back into the dry season!

Emily leaves on Monday! It will be hard to see her go, but I know that she will find new adventures in Vancouver or elsewhere, depending on where she ends up with work, etc. As Emily packs and gets ready to head back to Canada, it hits me that we both love the nomadic lifestyle. Emily does say at times that she would like to have a place to settle, but let's face it - we both have foreign service blood in us, which means that we can't sit still and most likely will never live in one place for longer than 5 years. When I think about the next place to live or the next career to embark on, I get a sort of "high"- a feeling of excitement and energy that keeps me wondering what will happen next. In many ways that is a good thing and then in other ways it is a bit of a negative- in the sense that I frequently remind myself to think in the present.

This weekend, Emily's last weekend, we are heading to the coast- to Mombasa- to scuba dive. Most likely the last one for me for the season as I will be away travelling for the next while- next weekend I am off to Spain for a conference, then back here for one week, and then to the UK for a week. Time will fly ... and then I head to Canada in June to see the fam!