Placement!

So I have not been updating this, but, I figured that since I was officially invited in late May, I ought to! I was getting nervous that my departure date was going to be pushed back-- I attended a Peace Corps send off party at UW where returned Peace Corps volunteers and future ones got together in mid-May, and I met a number of people who were waiting to hear exactly when they were leaving, some who's dates already passed.

I am anticipating leaving on August 29 to begin a three month training in Senegal before starting on my project as an agroforestry extension agent (where the big picture idea is "food security" and I am expected to educate farmers as well as teach them new agricultural technical skills, all en francais). As of now, I am just working at Patagonia as a sales associate and Urban City Coffee as a barista and spending time with friends and family before I leave!