Shots

I just got 4 shots to prepare me for going overseas. I met with a doctor at a travel clinic in Los Gatos and we compared lists of recommended shots. I ended up getting Hepatitis A & B, Polio, Tetanus, and am going to be taking Typhoid pills all week. I decided to just get all 4 shots today, rather than 2 today and 2 next week, to save time (and gas!). So I got 2 shots in each arm, and my shoulders are a little sore, but so far it's going fine!

The doctor I met with is from India, and, after going over the shot-business, he looked me in the eye and asked why I'm going to Pakistan. I told him the short version (I want to teach overseas, met a missionary family with kids at a school there, so I decided to go), then he got very serious and told me that he considers Pakistan to be the 3rd (or 4th) most dangerous place in the world for foreigners to travel - with Iraq, Afghanistan, and maybe Colombia (or was it Congo? but I think he threw that one in just to get some of the focus out of the Middle East/South Asia). He told me, quite sternly, to be careful, wished me luck, and shook my hand with both of his before leaving.

I still don't have my visa, and am waiting patiently, trusting that it will come in time. If it doesn't, it doesn't, and I'll just go as soon as I can!