I have my Placement!!!

So I now know where I will be going come May!  Satrisrinan School in Nan Province, Mueang Nan District, Nai Wang subdistrict.  All this basically means you can just type in Nai Wang, Thailand to google maps and find me in northeastern Thailand near the border of Laos, directly east of Chiang Mai (Map of Nan, Thailand).

As for the school--it is a large, public, secondary school. According to the information I received, there are 3,000 students and I will be teaching about 50 students per class...EEEKK!!!  I wasn't really expecting older students or that many of them, but at least I have some time to mentally prepare myself for the task.  Below are some pictures provided to me of where I will be teaching.

I also got information on my living situation.  I will have an apartment with a private bathroom about 10 minutes away from the school.  Considering that the average high in April is 99 degrees, I was thankful to hear that my accommodations should also have a fan and air conditioning.  It will not have internet access (booo!), but I will have internet at school and there should be an internet cafe near my house.  Unfortunately, it seems likely that I will have to take anti-malarial medication during the duration of my stay (my bed even comes equipped with mosquito netting).

Well, that is all for now.  I am excited to have this part figured out.  My tickets have been purchased, so April 30th is the official departure date!  If you guys want to read more about the town where I will be living, here is some information courtesy of wikipedia (Nan).