I would like to make a reservation please...

January 3, 2011

Well I called the travel agency today and made my reservation.  Since I live on the west coast they allow an extra day for travel.  The itinerary for orientation is tight and it begins, promptly I'm sure, at noon on January 31st.  So I am flying out on January 30th.

American Airlines                                 Flight: 1418
Depart:  San Diego                               7:30 AM
Arrive:  Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX                 12:25 PM

Depart:  Dallas/Ft.Worth, TX                1:45 PM
Arrive:  Washington, NATL, DC           5:25 PM

Let the games begin...

Monday, January 31, 2011 – Tuesday, February 1, 2011
MALI Staging Event
Holiday Inn Georgetown
2101 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20007

Monday, January 31, 2011
12:00 PM
Registration
Official registration as a Peace Corps trainee
  -- turn in your completed forms.

2:00 - 4:25 PM
-Who We Are
-What’s Expected of You

4:25 - 4:45 PM
Break

4:45 - 7:00 PM
-What You Expect
-What’s Next
-Closing

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

12:00 PM
Check out of hotel

1:00 PM

Bus arrives for loading and departure to clinic

2:00 PM
Clinic appointment (get the rest of necessary vaccines)

9:55 PM

Flight departs for Mali
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT ITINERARY:

01 FEB 11 - TUESDAY AIR DELTA AIR LINES INC FLT:8331
WASHINGTON DULLES-PARIS DE GAULLE OPERATED BY AIR FRANCE
Depart WASHINGTON DULLES 9:55PM
07HR 20MIN

 02 FEB 11 - WEDNESDAY Arrive PARIS DE GAULLE 11:15AM
PARIS DE GAULLE-BAMAKO OPERATED BY AIR FRANCE
Depart PARIS DE GAULLE 4:10PM
Arrive BAMAKO 8:50PM
05HR 40MIN

This is the stuff that makes me a little nervous...

* Choose your emergency contacts carefully. Your emergency contacts must be able to respond rationally to an emergency. * If you want your next of kin to be contacted in an emergency, check the appropriate box to the right of their address. Additionally, we request that you provide us with two other emergency contacts. We recommend that your two other emergency contacts have different addresses and phone numbers from your next of kin and from each other.

I'm shitting my pants...just a little.  WHY are we talking about Next of Kin...why did I need my dental records.