Service and Sand: Antici.......pation ( aka site announcements)

Today was the day I've been looking towards for a very long time. Today we finally found out where in Namibia we are going to be placed. During model school today I had a very hard time focusing because all I could think about was where I got placed. After a quick medical session ( first aid: minor wounds) we were given "blind folds". In reality they were just black trash bags that were cut up. We walked to the back yard of the training center and told to put our blind folds on. Once they were on our trainers started calling our names and guiding us to our location in Namibia. A map of Namibia was outlined in string and rocks and each town where people were placed was a stone with the town name underneath it. Once everyone was placed on the map we took off our blind folds to see where everyone was located.
I will be going to the town of Otjinene in the region of Omahake. I am about 4 hours east of Windhoek and I am very close to Botswana. I am not alone though. Ironically my partner for model school is also in the same town as me. We were given a packet of papers that has all of our site information in it. I will be teaching grades 8-10 math and possibly 8-10 english and science. My school has 3 female teachers and 15 male teachers. When I first read this my eyes got real big, but then I quickly calmed myself. I get along better with guys and I am not afraid to assert myself when approached in a manner that I don't like. There are 190 girls and 168 boys at my school (that's 358 students total). Thankfully my school speaks both english and the language I'm learning. The town I'm living in is 2000 people. So beyond teaching classes we are expected to have a secondary project as well. My school would like to start an exchange program with schools overseas. This was one of the reasons this site was one of my top 3 choices. I was really happy when I realized that they gave me one of my preferences.
I will be living by myself in an apartment. This apartment is part of a hostel for the kids who go to this school. I will have electricity, running water, the whole shebang. I'm really excited to be living by myself. I've never been by myself and I' eager to live my own life instead of having to abide by my host family rules. However I'm not really sure what to think of the whole living in a hostel full of kids situation. I have no ideas if the hostel will be really loud at nights. I'm a really light sleeper and if it is really loud all the time I might have to invest in some ear plugs. My apartment is 100 meters from the school and is owned by the government. My shopping town is 2 hours away but my town is on a major road so it will probably be pretty easy to get there. Besides Brittany in my town my friend Adam is going to be in the shopping town Gobabis. Besides us three though there is no one around. It is expected of me to live with a host family for the first 3 months. I have already been given their name and the set up there. I will be living in a modern home similar to my future apartment.
It was really interesting seeing where everyone got placed and how close together we all are. A lot of people are going to be in the north and they'll be relatively close to each other. Thankfully since I'm not in the north I won't have to take my malaria medicine everyday like them. It seems like everyone got what they pretty much wanted. Those who wanted a mud hut got one, and those who wanted a house got a house. We are pretty much going to be all across the country. I'm really looking forward to service now that I know where I'm going to be and where all my friends are going to be. And in case anyone was wondering, I am very happy with my placement!