Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Here I am, reporting from Lusaka. Tomorrow we're all heading out to our respective provincial capitols. I head out at 06:30 hours for a fun 14 hour ride up to Kasama. Once I get there I'll have Satuday morning (all shops are closed Saturday past noon) to buy all of my supplies (bed, brazier, food, buckets, etc.), open my banking account, and meet some government officials that I'll probably be working with at some point in the time during the next 2 years.
On Sunday I'll be heading out to Chalabesa so I can move into my own house. I think I'll spend my first two weeks just meeting neighbors, relaxing, getting my house set up, and getting my garden and compost pile ready for the rainy season. Starting Sunday evening, I will be sans electricity, phone, and running water until I come back to Kasama around Christmas. It should be fun.
All of my fellow Volunteers and I are doing a lot better now. It has been a tough week, but it's getting better. I think most of us are ready to get out to site just to have some time alone to just decompress.
Tonight we're headed to this Chinese restaurant for our final dinner together before headed out tomorrow morning. It's weird to think that some of these people who I've spent almost every day with for the last 3 months will become strangers to me except for when I see them about twice each year for various meetings. Oh well, I suppose those of us who have become good friends will keep in touch.
I hope this post reaches all of you in good health and spirits on this day of Thanksgiving. We're keeping our heads up here and I look forward to hearing from some of you while I'm out in the bush. You can get my address from the post, "Communication From Here on Out."
Take care.

Pearson, out.