Yeah, hon.

I've been neglecting posting (clearly), probably for one of two reasons: 1. I've been really busy getting this big database done--it's why I was brought here in the first place--which I finished off on Sunday, and 2. I feel like there hasn't really been much going on (there are only so many funny/interesting stories that come from sitting in my room programming, testing, and fixing a data entry application all day). A third possible reason (maybe a confounder?) is that there's just a lot less that's new this year. My work is much more independent and computer-based than it was last year; I work in my room a lot of the time, which I think I need to stop doing.

We're going to be moving tomorrow up to the site in the north, and we'll be doing fieldwork there for two weeks before going down to the site in the south (somewhere between here and here) where we'll meet up with the rest of the main survey team (our project has to go after theirs, so we're going north just as they're leaving). Today, I'm heading into Lilongwe to run a few errands for the project and stock up on stuff we'll need up there. I'll be glad to get a change of scenery and go to places I haven't been before--I'm hoping that will make this feel like it's own experience, rather than just a variation on the theme of last year.

I don't know about internet access over the next few weeks until we're back in the south; it's supposedly not great up there, but I'll be in touch as much as I can.