I'm a full blown volunteer now!

So, on last Friday I moved out of my host family's house and this morning I swore in as a full blown volunteer. I am leaving tomorrow morning to go to the big town close to my site to do some shopping and get things I will need for my house and then on Sunday will move into my town. That means the beginning of no english speakers around for miles and the basis of my life for the next two years. I am a little nervous, and I am sure I would be more so if I were not sleep deprived from staying up too late clelebrating with the other new volunteers the past few days. I won't be seeing any of the new friends I made for a good three months now. We will all get together in April for a week of training to discuss our plans after we are really settled in at site. I am going to miss my host family too. But I might be able to visit them during in service training as well. I am nervous about my malagasy not being good enough, but I am sure that total immersion is going to quickly solve that problem.

I want to thank everyone who has sent me letters and packages and such. I can't tell you how nice it has been to hear from you all. I have my actual address for my real site now, here it is:

Nicole Brasseur PCV
B.P. 221- 301 Fianaratsoa
Madagascar

So if you want to send me anything from here on in, feel free to use that address. The other one will still work as well, so no worries about things that have already been sent and not yet arrived. This new one will just be faster.

Ok, I am off, wish me luck with the move!!

Just to clarify

I was supposed to do this awhile ago, but... I need to make it clear that this is my person blog. Nothing I say here is connected to or represented of Peace Corps as an organization. Needed to say that.