A mental health day Addis style

I am not going into the office Friday. I need an extra day off. There has been lots going on this week and the 3 day weekend will be HUGE. I will go to Yordanos hospital for 2PM for ultra-sound. I will probably take a cab to either piazza or Churchill avenue and (yes on the heel of my left foot Sweet Thing to rest the foot) walk around and get a few presents for family and friends. The ultrasound seems to be helping as is the rest. The guy that does the work at Yordanos on my foot says the swelling (as minor as it is) is diminishing each day. Someone I work with from the USA was contacted by the US embassy and asked to drop in for an information session today. As it turns out, she did not register with the US web-site where citizens are encouraged to inform the authorities of their travel to Africa in case they need to be contacted in an emergency. The interesting thing about the whole affair was trying to answer the question "How did the embassy know of her being in Ethiopia?" That question still remains unanswered though it is possible the information was obtained via Ethiopian customs documentation. The odd thing about it is she was sent a text message on her cell phone which was the way the existence of the session was communicated in the first place. At the session, the attendees were given a pep talk about what not to do and where not to go in Addis Abeba and there was a Q&A as well.