For those of you without big red circles on your calendars, underlined frantically with the inscription "Matt's back today!", it should come as a shock to you to learn that I'll be back, ableit briefly, in England from Wednesday.
It's fair to say that I'm pretty excited about coming back, but also that I know I'm going to miss this place for a long time. How couldn't I? It's been home for a third of a year almost, and I've had the best experiences of my life here. I think it's safe to say I'll be back to Africa in the near(ish) future, I've spoken to enough travellers to get some idea of the size and beauty of the continent. I'd like to imagine that I'll be able to come back once I've got some medical training under my belt, so I can be a bit more useful.
And speaking of medicine, I've now taken blood twice! Oh yes, your veins are safe no more - as Terry Pratchett put it, Carpe Jugulum. I've also put a cannula in, first time successful - as long as you don't ask about the next three then I'll be happy, my beginner's luck didn't last long.
I was happy on Friday when I managed to finally finish the newsletter for the hospice, I would have felt bad if I just left them with a half-finished document they couldn't use. It just needs printing now, which should hopefully be soon enough for everything in there not to have gone hugely out of date. I might put it up as a pdf. for anyone to read if they want to know more about the place.
But, I'm running out of things to say. Which is alright, as my time here is running out too. I'll do a conclusion post once I get back and have had time to let the whole experience sink in. See you all soon!
PS. I'm looking forward to the clouds
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