The sun is shining, the mercury in Dubai is dropping, and in an hour R will be arriving to give me + Al + M a lift to the airport, where inshallah we'll be wheels up at 6 and sipping tej (honey wine) in Addis by 10, enjoying the balmy 60-F reprieve from desert heat and plotting our whirlwind trek through northern Ethiopia.
Life really does go on. Let this be a note of encouragement to us all.
Since I won't be online in Ethiopia, let me take this chance to say Eid Mubarak to all 2 of my Muslim readers... but I hope the blessings of Ramadan have touched you all nonetheless. See you when I get back from Africa!
(And keep your fingers crossed that we don't get fleas in Lalibela because apparently... we will.)
