Now what?

Whiz, bang, zip and I was here! I love having a single layover in Amsterdam instead of airport-jumping across the globe as I try to make it home. As Week 1 ends and Week 2 of the adventure begins, these are the things I have learned.

• The "Thank you for participating in security" sign at the MSP airport makes it sound like I have a choice. Amusing.
• Jetlag bites. It really does take a day per hour to recover so it took me 9 days to finally sleep at regular hours.
  
• It's weird to have the sun come up and go down at the same time, 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., every day.
  
• Delta flight attendants are a force to be reckoned with as are KLM's.
  
• There are still a lot of people peeing on the side of the road in Addis Ababa. Even in adulthood I still find myself counting them. It passes the time.
  
• I can totally get used to having a maid.
  
• Thinking that you will arrive at your reseach site and hit the ground running is optimisitc. It takes time to get your bearings straight and in my case catch up with family you haven't seen in a while.
  
• The time is shorter that you think. It is already October 3rd and I am headed back on the 26th. So much to do but so little time.