What's on the work front?

If I were back in California I know that summer would be ending, school would be starting soon and well LA drivers would probably be freaking out because of possible rain (well maybe not). But here I am entering into the cold season of Tambacounda, I was able to survive the rainy season, but have some left over scares and fights still going on. See the thing that you have to be careful with in the rainy season is the endless amounts of sicknesses that you can come into contact with. Let me tell you, I have never known myself to be skin sensitive but I soon found out here I am. I have had a number of staff infections, fungus and rashes. On top of that random fevers, colds and diarrhea. On the work side of things there has also been a good amount of experimentation with the farmers in my village. I was able to extend different variety seed to about 16 farmers in my village. The different seeds consisted of corn, cowpeas, millet, sorghum and rice. This rainy season was a good one yet, depending on the situation some farmers had problems with their seed. I am hoping for a more planned year for me in the area of the seed extension. I really do feel the first year for a peace corps volunteer is a experimentation year and that the projects that were thought of before or haven't been thought of yet will come in the next year.So, there is no need to worry because work will be done. I have found myself to be busy even with other secondary projects such as, latrine training, gardening, international hand washing day, mangrove restoration, English club and future project planning. I am currently waiting on a grant that I wrote for the women's garden so that I can continue to work more in the garden because I feel that the main focus right now should be water resource. It is difficult to garden here if you don't have an easier source of water than trying to pull from a 35 to 45 meter deep well. I know, I have to pull all the time. So, looking forward to the work to come and the people that I will meet during that time.