What is Katimavik?

So I suppose I've failed to let the common person actually know about what Katimavik is and what it entails.

• It's Canada's number one youth volunteering program.
• Its for 17-21 year olds
• You go away for 9 months and live with 11 teens that represent the realistic demographics of Canada.
• You go to 2 English speaking provinces and 1 French speaking province. You live in each province for 3 months at a time.
• Volunteer placements are in places such as schools, food banks, retirement homes, and other locations in the community that will help the people around us.
• You volunteer full time and every now and then you and one other person will have the week off of work to clean the house and cook all the meals for the group. You also have a week off to stay with a family in the community and learn about the community you're living in on a different level.
  
• You also get paid $3/day or $21/week and $1000.00 dollar bursary at the end.

And in a nutshell I am very excited. It is 140 days away until departure and only 55 days until I know where I'm going. As well as this it is only 2 months and 10 days until I am done highschool FOREVER!
Seriously people, I am so done with highschool right now. Chemistry is brutal. I used to think I was smart and then I met Chemistry and he was determined to teach me otherwise. I went from an 80% to a 56% from one exam, then up to 67% and just wrote a unit test I didn't study for so downward once more.
Everyone tells me I will miss highschool... they say the pressures of life are horrible and I'm wishing even worse things upon myself, but I'm ready for it. I rather have different pressures at this point in my life. I don't want to have the stresses and pressures of school and deadlines and homework due and projects, and marks and final exams and studying for unit tests and it's just so brutal and so old after 12 years or whatever of education. I rather focus of budgeting my money wisely, getting to work on time, paying the bills. Whatever.
The other day me and my mom sat down and budgeted out everything I want to buy before I go etc. It's sort of exciting to start planning things out. However a small part of me thinks that my going is not secure, as if something yet could stand in the way of me leaving. But my medical dossier was accepted the other day, that means it really is based now on my returning of a couple of forms in June, payment in May, and Criminal record check in August.
I am also waiting for them to call and quiz me and analyze where my French speaking abilities are at which I say is like a 0.5/10. I know my numbers to 30, days of the week, basic family members, seasons, months and some common body parts. Other than that.. lol. For the French speaking rotation the interviews are conducted in French for the volunteer placements. Its likely that I'll be placed the in the worst placement just because I have no idea what it is or what the job entails. :P Hahaha. Oh well, hopefully I will learn.