Preparation

I got my shots today. Finished the HepA - had the first one last year. I decided to get the typhoid vaccine also. It seemed like a good precaution even though tonight my arm is very sore.

There is no vaccine for Swine Flu. The woman advising me suggested I avoid anyone that appears feverish, coughing, or sick. Good advice because I usually seek out the ill for travel companions.

A couple of people I am traveling with had their schools closed due to flu so they have to be in great health because the whole plane load of people could be quarentined if anyone shows any symptoms. That would not be good!

June 22, 2009

I've never been gone from my family for five weeks so this weighs as my mind as I begin planning for travel. We just had a great family weekend and the Fourth of July will be the last hurrah as I leave on July 5th for Newark where we have an orientation and then thirteen hour flight to Beijing.