Greetings from Tanzania! I would do a Swahili greeting but I’m still working on that one. From my understanding, it is ‘habari’ which means hello/how are you? The problem is, ‘habari’ is typically followed by more specific things like how is your work, how is your family, etc. I haven’t mastered that part yet…..so Greetings!Continue reading “Lake Victoria !”
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Shane + Whitney = The Shwits. Cheesy? Yes. Is our cat ashamed of us? Probably. We're an American couple that has lived abroad for 9+ years. The Shwits is our diary of expat life, travel, and occasionally science. Enjoy!
Happy Birthday, Sissy !!
Today is my darling Sissy’s birthday! We’ve been really lucky the past few years, and have started a “sister birthday trip” tradition. Let’s recap… 2011: 21st Birthday in Boston 2012: 22nd Birthday in Pittsburgh 2013: 23rd Birthday in Nashville aka: the Totally Taylor Swift Tennessee Tour …and that brings us to this year. 2014: 24thContinue reading “Happy Birthday, Sissy !!”
Tanzania, here I come !
Well, it’s official; I’m heading to Africa! This time next week, I’ll be on my way to Tanzania for fieldwork. Despite a few months of uncertainty and a significant amount of delay (to be expected when working with African nations), I’ll leave Sunday, September 21st and won’t return until October 20th. Living in Africa forContinue reading “Tanzania, here I come !”
I (wait for it…)
…GOT A JOB!!! You’re looking at Mucosis’ newest “General Lab & Quality Control Technician”! Mucosis is a small, fairly new company that is working to develop vaccines that can be administered through the nose, like a nasal spray, instead of your typical injection. They have one product they are working hard to get to clinicalContinue reading “I (wait for it…)”
Ice Bucket Challenge…and other news
WARNING: it was only going to be a matter of time before science began creeping into this blog. Who know it would be the ice bucket challenge that started it… The ole’ ice bucket challenge: we’ve seen this thing for weeks now and knew it would be only a matter of time before we wouldContinue reading “Ice Bucket Challenge…and other news”
We’re Still Here !
Sorry for the lack of posts… things have been pretty quiet around here the past couple of weeks. A few pieces of news though. I interviewed with a biotech company at the beginning of July, but since July/August are big vacation months I was told not to expect to hear anything until oh… now-ish.Continue reading “We’re Still Here !”
Happy 2 Monthiversary !
Hello! As of today we have officially been here two months! Half of me thinks ‘I can’t believe we’ve been here 2 months!’ and then the other half thinks ‘I can’t believe we’ve ONLY been here 2 months!’. I think it’s safe to say we’re settled, and therefore life has just been… life? I supposeContinue reading “Happy 2 Monthiversary !”
Guess who’s back…
…back again! Meatball’s back. Tell a friend! Seriously! We didn’t see this one coming. Yesterday was day 12 of Miss Adventure Kitty’s disappearance, and while Shane and I hadn’t given up hope we were definitely coming to terms with the reality that she might not come home. I had already started whining to Shane aboutContinue reading “Guess who’s back…”
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