Nearly off to Namibia

Sorry about the slow rate of entries here lately - things have been a bit hectic around here the last several weeks. I've been trying to get things done in time for a month-long trip to Namibia that starts on Saturday. That's meant doing everything that should have been done in October before October, which hasn't been easy (or even possible, really). Last week, Keith and I had a visit from a potential PhD student, who's interested in the project we're developing on crocodile digestive physiology. That took up most of 3 days to show her around, introduce her to us, the university, the guys at Crocodylus Park who will be heavily involved (and are partly responsible for funding the research). This week has been a flurry of job applications with deadlines between now and November. And dealing with a bunch of experiments in various stages of progress. Ugh.

So, now I'm pretty much in panic stage. I'm quite sure I've forgotten to do several critical things, but I have no idea what they are. And I'm still working on getting things packed, and deciding what I can actually take. So, I'll do what I can to post from Namibia, but the Gobabeb station has only basic internet access (slow, unreliable, expensive). Photos will probably have to wait until I get back, but I'll be taking lots, so I'll post some.

Should be a fun trip - once I get on the plane...