Monday, February 22, 2010

9 days to go

Friday was my last day at work, and I have this week to move everything back to my mom's place and pack.  The alarms that would usually wake me up this morning were blaring invitations to just keep sleeping, and around noon I woke up in the middle of a dream where mangoes were rolling off the roof.  It was just rain.  Depressed by the lack of mangoes, I reached over and grabbed my iPhone, and checked Facebook, Twitter, Buzz, Gmail, and HuffPost before getting out of bed.  I suppose that I'll need to break that habit pretty soon; on the other hand, I'm pretty sure mangoes may be easier to come by.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

17 days left

With 17 days to go until I start the Peace Corps, I put my room and car up on Craigslist, and started a blog.  The going-away party is planned, I trained my replacements at work, and I'm collecting boxes to move everything back home. On March 3rd, I fly to Washington, DC, for a few hours of pre-departure fun.  On March 4th, at 8:25am, the training group will fly to Santo Domingo, and the next 27 months will officially start. 

Back in 2007, when I was preparing to study abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I was not aware that I had no idea what I was getting into. With Peace Corps, I know that I don't know what to expect.  That is a lot harder to pack for...