90% packed and ready

60L Backpack, drag/roll suitcase, and a day backpack, is it really all that I need to start with for 2 years?

Finally ---- Hooray, hooray

After 18 months of filling out forms, interviews, having medical tests done, completing missed information, and lots and lots of patience, my Peace Corps staging instructions came -- This meant that I could now call the travel agency and have them book my tickets for orientation. Orientation will take place in Philadelphia on June 2nd.

I will leave home, Stockholm, Sweden on the 28th of May giving me a few days with my oldest daughter, Angélique in North Beach, Maryland, and grandchildren, Jarrett Jr., Jacqueline and Alicia. I will on the 2nd take the train to Philadelphia.  On the evening of the 3rd of June it will be time to leave the US. I will be flying out of JFK, via Brussels, on to Yaoundé , Cameroon and arriving on the 4th.

Luckily, for me, I will also be able to see my youngest daughter, Emmanuelle, who will come home on the 24th of May from Aberdeen, Scotland, to see me off.

I started this blog, which took me a while to figure out, get to work and  look like something somewhat presentable :-), in the hopes that I will have access to electricity and to internet, if not on a regular basis, at least often enough to be able to share with you some of my life and experiences in Cameroon.

A la prochaine fois