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Friday, July 16, 2010

Last few days home

I leave for DC on Monday morning. All of a sudden the reality of Madagascar set in. This week was about getting things ready, making trips to various stores for various necessities, sorting out finances, saying goodbyes, finishing work and FINALLY seeing the movie "Madagascar". This was largely out of peer pressure, as I would tell someone what I am doing with the Peace Corps and the common reply being "Have you seen the feature animated motion picture "Madagascar" where four pampered animals from New York Central Zoo escape and find themselves in Madagascar under the scrutiny of Lemurs?" Well, I can now say yes, yes I have. And in fact, that movie was neither entertaining nor educational, but thank you for asking. The bitterness should be a good indicator of how often this question arises. So that's one facet I won't miss in a few days. I've been trying to get stuff aligned, organized, and mentally prepared for Madagascar, but let's face it, how ready for this can I be? The highlight of my day being a successful packing job (which is immaculate) hardly prepares me for whats about to happen. I'm about to become completely knowledgeless, so we shall see how much of a sponge I can be in the 10 weeks of training before I save Madagascar. Anyways, not much to report in the quiet before the storm, I just keep searching the news and crossing my fingers to make sure there are no new political coups happening that would make Peace Corps can the project. And it seems to be stable at the moment. Yes, Madagascar. Politically stable, American friendly Madagascar. One last thing, in my last post I told a few lies. 1) my training won't actually be in Tana, but a village of about 10,000 outside of Tana. 2) Under the impression that I was going to be in Tana, I provided everyone with a false address. The address given was to the central happenings of Peace Corps, but my real address can be found in the column on the right titled "wish list" where letters can gladly be received. This is likely the last post that will happen in the U.S., so I will keep you informed next from Africa.

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