Getting ticked off












My English speaking friends here all talk about ticking things off their lists. I usually check them off in America, but I find myself ticking off things from the long list today!


Paperwork from immigration - check
Paperwork #1 from City council - check
Taxes completed and signed and photocopied - check
Taxes mailed off in a registered envelope to USA - check
Lodging for Lilongwe confirmed - check
Lodging for Nairobi confirmed - check
Lodging for Stockholm confirmed - check



What remains... is... a lot!

BUT, I have tomorrow... and the weekend.... and the next week! I hope I REALLY get TOTALLY ticked off NEXT week!

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  1. snappingafrica2June 14, 2012

    you right soooo well Jen, well we need to get something else ticked off. Boat trip, next sunday?? I will book on the dhow? Our boat out of action.

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  2. snappingafrica2June 14, 2012

    cant believe my English, should be write!! right???

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  3. JeniBJune 14, 2012

    Thanks, Gigi... the river trip is just the thing to say good-bye to this town for awhile. xo

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