Nesting?

I always do this. I nest when I should be preparing to fly the coop. It's 2:48am. Less than 12 hours to go and my list of things to do is growing not diminishing: one more email, clean, rearrange the packing, check in, update blog, pay bills....sleep. It's 2:48pm in Dushanbe, so I should be up anyway.

At the last minute today, I bought some Utah things to take with me: scenic postcards and salt water taffy. I also decided to print some personal photos to take, which took much longer than it should have. And here we are at 2:55a.m. G is peturbed.

Stan-which?

Tajikistan. There are a lot of "stans" in Central Asia, but I'm going to this one as an English Language Specialist with the State Department for the month of July. I've begged leave of my responsibilities at home and fully expect adventures to abound. Stay tuned.