Uganda: 3-2-1-Impact - REPOSTED FOR JESSICA HARING

REPOSTED FOR MY DEAR FRIEND JESSICA, NOW ON HER WAY TO UGANDA...
Weeraba, Jess! Hope to see you soon...(on Ugandan turf.)

Here I come, Uganda.

Here I come with my anti-bacterial wipes
And my bug-spray.
Sunscreen.
Power bars.

Here I come with my pharmaceuticals.
One for anxiety, one for depression, one for panic, for jet-lag.
For malaria.

Drugs for allergies, upset stomach, eye-infection.

Something for constipation.
Something for diarrhea.
Something even stronger for diarrhea.

Here I come, vaccinated against Yellow Fever, tuberculosis, Rabies, Polio, Hepatitis B, influenza. Measles, Mumps, Rubella.

With Permethrin and Pepto Bismal I come to you.

With my fiber pills, vitamins and pro-biotics, I approach.

Iodine tablets, first-aid kit, Swiss army knife.
Dry toilet-paper, moist wipes, tampons.

Check, check, check.

Wide-rimmed hat, compact umbrella, mosquito net. Check.

Audio-recorder, video-recorder, camera. Check.

A fresh copy of the Upanishads, and old copy of Rumi’s poetry, blank Moleskin journals, and my atheism in tow.

I am ready for everything you might throw at me, you war-ravaged, impoverished, third-world, you.

Ready for everything , that is, except the impact of what I'd actually find.