I AM GOING TO CAMEROON!!!!!!! As an Agroforestry Extension Agent!!!!!

I leave for staging in 5 weeks and 6 days! Wild! I have so much to read right now, then so much paperwork to do. And there is so much excitement!!!!!

Where is Cameroon you ask? It's in Africa! Here it is on this map!













Here is another map of Cameroon! With all 10 provinces! Most of the Agro posts are in the Adamaoua, Northwest and West regions!


Okay! I am going to go read my Welcome Book now and make a grand to-do list!

Another day, another day, another day, another day.

Schedule for the past 4 days. Find some distraction until 4-ish. Anticipate getting invitation in mail. Envision holding a big fat envelope containing my glorious future. Build hopes into towering Jenga tower (more 1 piece layers than 2, it's very tall). Go to post office to check mail. Nothing. Go to housing office to check for non-USPS mail. Nothing.

Look forward to sleeping because it brings the next day closer. Pout, as though that will cause my invitation to travel faster. Act cranky and antisocial. Have friends congratulate and ask about destination and departure date. Thank them and inform them of lack of knowledge.

Blog dramatically.

I know that I should be thrilled right now that I have been invited. It is thrilling! It is what I have been looking forward to for so long! But I just get my hopes up so high everyday only to have them Jenga-smashed. It is, to use a simile and run-on sentence, like I have been flirting with a boy I am head over heels for for a year and he is finally in town and he has told me he will call and every day he does not call. Why does he not call?

As I was walking into work this morning I was trying to think of three things I am grateful for today (I'm trying to be more positive).

1. I am happy that I am healthy and well and have all my limbs.

Then I got distracted.

Then I got an e-mail saying my Toolkit had been updated.

Then I opened a webpage that said, "Congratulations! You have been invited to become a Peace Corps Volunteer."

So I guess I know what three things I am grateful for today.

1. I have been invited to join the Peace Corps!
2. I have been invited to join the Peace Corps!!
3. I HAVE BEEN INVITED TO JOIN THE PEACE CORPS!!!