Some how or another, I've managed to stay away from blogging for the better part of two months. I can't believe the last time I wrote anything was on Thanksgiving. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years.
It's hard to believe that it's 2010. A year and a half ago that seemed like such a long time away, and now I've got 4 months left to live and work in Cameroon. If you would ask me today if I will miss living here, I would probably say no. Until right now, I don't believe I would miss anything, but I imagine that I will one day, sooner than I think. I'll miss how easy going life is here and the extended family of volunteers that I've become a part of.
But, all good things must come to an end and I've started to look ahead. I've started to apply to graduate school, specifically George Mason University in Northern Virginia. They have a Peace Corps Fellows program there for ESOL licensure and a Masters in Education: Curriculum and Instruction. I feel like it will make it easier to find a job and will help with my teaching abilities.
The rest of my time here is pretty well planned out and should pass fairly quickly even though the day to days will pass excruciatingly slow.
The dog, the dog, the dog......has turned into somewhat of an obedient K-9 but has his relapses from time to time. His worst problem is one of two things, 1. he keeps getting parasites that enter into his body through his paws (as the vetafric tells me), or 2. he's allergic to something and I have no idea what it is. The reaction to either of these is for him to continually lick the back of his left leg so much that he has no fur there, and he'll choose other spots on his body to do the same. Currently he's chosen his left front paw nail to lick raw. I've got it bandaged and covered and beginning today I'm starting to wash his paws off with flea/tick/parasite treatment in the morning and before bed. If this doesn't help him then there is nothing I can do for him here. He'll have to wait for America to be fixed up.
I wouldn't hope for too many more posts on here, at the current rate I've only got about 2 posts left and I can't imagine that they'll be much different than what I'm writing today. Unless you would like to send writing topics or questions you want me to specifically blog on, I'd be more than willing to do such a thing. Nearing the end of my stay here, I'll stop fearing accusations of being a tourist and make myself a target for theft by getting my camera out for photo's and video ops throughout the town.
Believe it or not, I'll see you soon!
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