moving and packing and traveling

Things are downright crazy here. I have traveled back and forth between New Haven and Baltimore three times in the past 5 days. Even Justin traveled down to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (an hour away from Baltimore) at the exact time I was traveling north. We passed each other in New York. Both of Juma's parents were out of town at the same time. We had a friend pick him up from school and put him to bed--sleepover on a school night!

I was in Baltimore on Monday to take two finals, then hurried back on an overnight train so I can help Justin finish packing up the house. Tomorrow we load up the moving van and drive down to Baltimore. So our time in New Haven is down to hours now.

On Thursday and Friday we pack up my apartment in Baltimore, move everything into storage, and run our final errands. Friday night, we fly to Tanzania via London. We will arrive in Tanzania early Sunday morning, then take a little flight over to Zanzibar.

We are going to miss New Haven. Juma is very sad about leaving his friends "forever," and we are going to miss our friends, too. I even made friends in Baltimore, the other first years in my division. Yesterday, they held a goodbye lunch for me.