I've spared you the drama of the "middle school dance" antics (as a few FS friends have called it... and as has been taken up by a blog that I can't find right now, but will post a link when I do) of our bid process. It will all hopefully come to an end on Monday, when we can receive a "handshake" for our next assignment.
Our bid countries ended up being (in alphabetical order): Bangladesh, India, Mozambique, Nepal, the Philippines, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
Since Wm is reading now, at a friend's suggestion, I went to the library to see if I could get some kid books on those countries. I couldn't find one on India (some school must be doing an India-related thing... every single India book was checked out) and figured I didn't need one on the Philippines for obvious reasons. I came home with four of the remaining six. Not too bad for a local library (and, sorry, Africa? You weren't as well represented on the stacks as Asia. Indications are that an Africa posting is unlikely anyway.)
Our bid countries ended up being (in alphabetical order): Bangladesh, India, Mozambique, Nepal, the Philippines, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
Since Wm is reading now, at a friend's suggestion, I went to the library to see if I could get some kid books on those countries. I couldn't find one on India (some school must be doing an India-related thing... every single India book was checked out) and figured I didn't need one on the Philippines for obvious reasons. I came home with four of the remaining six. Not too bad for a local library (and, sorry, Africa? You weren't as well represented on the stacks as Asia. Indications are that an Africa posting is unlikely anyway.)
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