As of tomorrow, anyway. I fly on the Thursday 9th October, which means I will be travelling to Lusaka on 8th, then I want the 6th & 7th to sort my things out in my house: make sure it is clean, throw away all rubbish, give away as much as I can to make my suitcase lighter...so I really only have eight weeks of work left. It seems a frighteningly short time, especially when I have also started to look at the Guardian website again to see what interesting jobs there are. It is going to be very strange to go back to a world with 24h power, constant water supplies, tv, cinema, restaurants that have menus and usually have what is listed on them. Basically all the things of convenience that don't exist here. But,
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