Tuesday, September 22, 2009

next stop Jamaica

Oh shit oh shit oh shit!

I am transferring to Jamaica. To work on a coastal project. I know very little in the way of details, but judging from a phone conversation a few weeks ago with the environment APCD there, my SCUBA experience will come in handy. I am unspeakably excited. And nervous. And everything.

Found out a few hours ago. Feeling an enormous rush of emotion as I go through the administrative motions required to get me on a plane...tonight.

Yikes!

To say that the past 7 weeks since site visit have been emotional would be an understatement. I am so relieved and excited and scared and nervous and hopeful and sad and anxious all at the same time.

But I believe in my heart that this is the best option for me. I will miss people terribly (one person especially) but the project there just sounds like such a perfect fit. Trying not to get my expectations too high of course, but this sounds like a project for which I am uniquely qualified. I hope it works out.

Closing thought: I am sure there are weirder ways to start your morning than having a doctor's finger up your ass, but I am hard pressed to imagine them just now.

Keep you all posted. Ghana, its been emotional.