Well, for those of you I have not yet informed, I have decided to come home this week. I have told the admin staff of my decision and was transported today from Thies to Dakar to hang out for a few days before my flight back to Colorado. By hang out, I mean sign paperwork, get meds to make sure I don't come down with Malaria ever, and meet some other cool people (other currently serving volunteers) if they happen to be having medical issues and need the services of the PC Office.
I know many people will be surprised by this... a few weeks instead of to years is a HUGE difference, but I have given this a lot of thought and talked with a lot of people and have concluded that this is not right for me. It's hard to know what it will be like before you come, imagination can only do so much. I have met AMAZING people here (check out the other peacecorpsjournals.com pages... Alexis has people linked to her AtoZ page) and truely hope we stay in touch. How great will it be to have a group of 30 friends magically appear in 2 years? (Jared, don't forget about meeting me for a Broadway show!)
Seriously though, the people here are incredible and they are going to do some fabulous work. I started to name them all and record their wonderful qualities, but it was getting long and I don't have a list and certainly do not want to leave anyone out. And now I don't know how to end this so... just remember to always have a "Plan B" because no matter how much you plan, life will throw you a curve at a time when you least expect :)
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Sick away from home
Oh my gosh! You guys rock my socks! Sorry, I've been wanting to say that and this kind of fits. I'm writing now because we have un fete (a break) from training tomorrow for Senegal's Independence Day and I'm not sure what will be open/available this weekend, but going to keep ot short so others can use this fantastic American keyboard.
Thank you SO much for your words again, they mean a lot to me. Maggie, glad to hear you're alive and no longer sick, I'll look forward to that bowl of my own though perhaps I'll teach you to eat with your hands, making balls of food? ;) Brian, you're right, must be genetic so thanks for reminding me that we aren't the fastest at getting languages... though to be honest, it's hard to think in any single language at the moment. French, Wolof, Seerer, Puular, and English... a lot to filter. I did receive the letter, thank you! Please tell Uncle Mike for me And mom & dad, the singing card was fabulous! One of my friends knew the song and sang along, it was great.
So, I haven't had a chance to tell my parents yet (sorry, I wanted to make sure I was better first) but I got sick away from home for the first time pretty much ever. Being sick in another country isn't fun anyway but w/o your mom to take care of you, it really brings you down. Plus, having body aches and a 102 fever doesn't help... However, if you do happen to get sick away from whoever usually takes care of you, do it around awesome people who let you cry about missing home (Daniel) and will be so kind as to bring you juice to help recover (Daniel and Nathaniel) and who are there to make sure there is water in sick bay for the night (K) and everyone else who was fabulous. (I turn into a baby when I'm sick, some of you know this well) however I'm very glad to have gotten the first bout out of the way and I'm feeling better about the whole deal.
I'm still slowly learning Wolof and will hopefully pass the first evaluation on Tuesday. Ok, time is up, but to quickly clarify, internet isn't expensive, it's just hard to find time to go and the computers have funky keyboards. Also, some things I thought of for care packages are Propel drink mix packages and aloe lotion (yup, already burnt). I hope you all are doing well and be sure to give out hugs for/from me!!!
p.s. sitting in a cafe where we just had pizza for the first time in a month... not the same as in the states but it was FABULOUS!!! :)
Thank you SO much for your words again, they mean a lot to me. Maggie, glad to hear you're alive and no longer sick, I'll look forward to that bowl of my own though perhaps I'll teach you to eat with your hands, making balls of food? ;) Brian, you're right, must be genetic so thanks for reminding me that we aren't the fastest at getting languages... though to be honest, it's hard to think in any single language at the moment. French, Wolof, Seerer, Puular, and English... a lot to filter. I did receive the letter, thank you! Please tell Uncle Mike for me And mom & dad, the singing card was fabulous! One of my friends knew the song and sang along, it was great.
So, I haven't had a chance to tell my parents yet (sorry, I wanted to make sure I was better first) but I got sick away from home for the first time pretty much ever. Being sick in another country isn't fun anyway but w/o your mom to take care of you, it really brings you down. Plus, having body aches and a 102 fever doesn't help... However, if you do happen to get sick away from whoever usually takes care of you, do it around awesome people who let you cry about missing home (Daniel) and will be so kind as to bring you juice to help recover (Daniel and Nathaniel) and who are there to make sure there is water in sick bay for the night (K) and everyone else who was fabulous. (I turn into a baby when I'm sick, some of you know this well) however I'm very glad to have gotten the first bout out of the way and I'm feeling better about the whole deal.
I'm still slowly learning Wolof and will hopefully pass the first evaluation on Tuesday. Ok, time is up, but to quickly clarify, internet isn't expensive, it's just hard to find time to go and the computers have funky keyboards. Also, some things I thought of for care packages are Propel drink mix packages and aloe lotion (yup, already burnt). I hope you all are doing well and be sure to give out hugs for/from me!!!
p.s. sitting in a cafe where we just had pizza for the first time in a month... not the same as in the states but it was FABULOUS!!! :)
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