With the recent decline in my scheduled activities, I have had nothing to do but get excited about leaving in June. I’m really not even that excited about graduation anymore. Yea, graduation will be nice and all of the above but Burkina Faso trumps everything else. I even forget about the Erykah Badu concert sometimes, and for those of you who know me, that is a serious problem. I could spend countless hours looking at packing lists from PCVs in Burkina Faso, reading their blogs, looking at pictures of different villages and people in Burkina Faso, and reading the welcome book online. I really thought once the applicant stage was over I would no longer be so attached to reading PC blogs, only to find that is not the case. The other day my anxiety got worse when a friend of mine left for PC going to Guatemala. I spoke with her two days before she was scheduled to leave for staging and it just made me all-the-more ready to leave. Even more interesting is the fact that no one in my family will indulge me with a conversation about leaving. I am so excited about leaving that I find a way to bring it up in conversation with my family and friends; but most of them are still dealing with the fact that I’m leaving so they refuse to really engage me. My little sister, who took it the worse initially, has found a new way of dealing with my decision to leave. She has found solace in taking most of the clothes, furniture and other property that I will be leaving behind for two years. Our conversations always go something like this:

Little sister: Hey nena, what are you doing?

Me: nothing really, reading someone’s blog. What’s up?

Little sister: umm, so you won’t be using your Blackberry when you leave right?

Me: no, but you won’t be using it either.

Little sister: I’m just saying…

Me: You are such a scavenger.

Little sister: Community service starts in the home.

It’s so funny, yet sad….

On another note, who knew Corinn Bailey Rae’s new cd The Sea was so good? I didn’t.

Peace and Blessings

Song for the day: Corinn Bailey Rae- Closer