Where is that again?

It was just a little over a month ago that I received the email telling me of my CSC assignment. I honestly wasn’t expecting it. When I completed my application I had emphasized that I would be completely unable to go on an assignment in the summer of 2018 due to a previously planned family holiday. And as I started the year I looked at the key milestones for the year and sort of said to myself “CSC will be better to happen in 2019. They will contact me then.”

And then the email came. And it was Morocco. I knew that was an appealing place to go. It sounded mysterious. Far away. Romantic. Adventuresome. But if I am being truthful I had to go look on a map to confirm for certain where it was.

And it was Africa. My first choice in all of the assignments. I couldn’t turn this down. Even if my year was full to the brim with many other exciting opportunities I knew that if I turned this down the chances of getting Africa in the next assignment would be slim to none.

So of course I said YES!