I was lovingly reminded today that it's been 17 days since my last update. At least I know one person still reads my blog!! (Love you, Meg!)
So I'm in Cotonou now, had my COS medical appointment today. I'm healthier now than I was when I got here, and the doctor was seriously surprised that I didn't have any parasites at all. Cheers.
Until coming down here, I spent alot of time doing nothing. With the spelling bee and regional camp finished, I had some paperwork to do and such but finished that up pretty quickly. Thankfully I'm good at keeping things in order so it wasn't a huge problem to close them out. My latrine project is not yet finished (ggrrrrr) there's a nationwide shortage on cement... and a nationwide shortage on motivation, in my opinion, but that's another issue. I still think they will be able to get it finished in the next few weeks, all that is left is to put on the doors and paint... I think....
And it's less than two months left for me! I will leave my village for the last time (sniff sniff) on the 12th of September, my official COS date (the day I get kicked out of Peace Corps) is September 16th, and I fly to Freetown, Sierra Leone on the 18th! So exciting. So between now and then I am trying to enjoy the slow pace of life in village, the food, and the relationships that I have built up there. In a couple of weeks I will be doing another girls camp which will be fun, too.
Really, there isn't anything else exciting that I can think of to write. Today I went all over town looking for Cocoa powder and haven't found any yet, will go back out tomorrow. Saturday I am teaching English for the UN Refugees here in Cotonou and then will head back to post on Sunday or maybe Monday. We shall see.
It was this day exactly two years ago that I said goodbye to Seattle. I believe I flew to Philadelphia on the 21st of July, 2009, and we flew out of Philly the 23rd, arriving in Benin the 24th. Sounds about right. Its been quite a ride!
Love to all. K
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