As the weather turns cooler and fall approaches I look fondly back to the three warm weeks spent in Guatemala. OK, some of the days in Guatemala were downright hot, almost unbearably so, and a couple of days were quite cool, especially one I remember 2/3 of the way up a volcano in Sta. Maria de Jesus. But I really do look back on those days from time to time.

We have started school again at Edgewood, and I am both happy and sad to say it will be my last semester as an undergrad there. I am to graduate in December. But before I can graduate, there are a number of things I must do. Of course there are classes and clinicals to pass. But that pales in comparison to the most important tasks of the semester...Guatemala presentations!

Yes we must make some presentations about our trip and some of the research we did/are doing related to the trip. I know we will be presenting something that will be open to the college to attend on November 10th. I am on the syllabus for my community/public health clinical to speak on Nov. 21st. Fortunately I was warned ahead of time that I would be on there. Imagine my surprise if I hadn't been warned before the syllabus was handed out. I also may be presenting to the Kiwanis Club of Belleville later this month (I hope I find out soon) and some of us/all of us will be doing something for the first semester Nursing 210 class. Lots of work ahead of us in preparing our projects and presentations.

I am happy to report on that front that I do have a powerpoint just about complete on hand washing. Yes, I know many of you out there are surprised to hear that I have any interest in hand washing. But I do, and if I do say so myself, it is going to be a masterful presentation. I don't want to give anything away, because I think I may use it, or at least part of it, when I speak to my community/public health class. However, at some point I may figure out how to post it to this blog so that y'all can experience a little of what we did to promote hygiene in Guatemala, and maybe learn something about global health in the process.

On this wet, rainy, cool fall-like night I leave you with warm thoughts of black sand beaches and warm evenings in hammocks. Duerme bien.