Last Few Months!

I only have less than 3 months left in Namibia! So so crazy! It is hard for me to think about it. Namibia and PC has been my life for the past 3 years (I came to Namibia 22 years old and will leave 26! How crazy is that?), but I know that I will be ready to go in December.

In these next couple of months, I am trying to stay busy with things I just love doing. I am teaching Grade 11 Life Skills classes at a local senior secondary school. We are focusing on relationships (a favourite topic at the secondary schools) and discussing healthy relationships, controlling relationships, talking about sex/condom use with your partner and anything else along the way. I am also planning on adding in some gender/cultural norms in there as well. The learners really seem to like the classes (we meet twice a week) and I do too. I always walk out of the classes smiling--I just love teaching and really like the Grade 11's. Today when I was in one of their classes some boys made up a rap about me--I feel cool :).

I am also thinking about planning a workshop for a secondary all boys school in a village about 20km away. They have a lot of problems with drinking and drugs, so I thought we could maybe do a 2-day workshop on self-esteem/drinking and drugs. We will see though! I still need to run the idea by my counterpart, and I am not really sure what the calendar of events are for the rest of the term, so I am not holding my breath yet!

I also have a trip planned to the Bing! I am soooo excited to see my learners, teachers and friends. The only sad part is that this will be my final goodbye. I am pretty sure there will be a lot of tears from me. Last year when I said goodbye (knowing that I would be back to visit just a couple of months after saying goodbye) I was a total mess! I am just bad with farewells. Always have been! It will be really hard to leave Otjimbingwe and Da Palm though. It will always be my second home and is definitely my Namibian home. As much as I like Khorixas, your first site is always home.

The other big thing I have to look forward to is the Lucky Star Marathon! I am splitting the marathon with my site-mate Christine. I will run the first half and she will run the second half. I am really excited! There are quite a few PCVs running and even more coming to support. Plus the marathon ends in Swakop--my very favourite Nam holiday spot!

Nothing else really big has been happening around here. It is insanely hot in Khorixas already. I forgot how hot it gets here! Oh and we have two new volunteers coming to teach at both of the secondary schools. They are a married couple and one will be teaching English at the senior secondary school and the other is teaching Math at the junior secondary school. They came for a visit last week and were really excited and happy to be here! I am really excited that Khorixas is going to have 2 more wonderful PCVs :).

Well, that is all! I hope life is wonderful on your side of the world!