So, I got my staging information this week, and I am OFFICIALLY booked to go to Tanzania. I am stoked, excited, overjoyed, etc. I leave Minneapolis on September 22. And then, by 6 pm on the 23rd I will be in Tanzania. Weird!
Now only to pack....Yuck! If you ever have to pack for multiple climates and for two years, I am pretty sure that it will not be fun. I will let you know my view of this in less than a month. I am pretty sure my mind will not change though.
And so the adventure begins... with packing :( At least once I am done, I don't have to pack until the next time. But oh so much to bring, but the need to pack light.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
First Post
Hello Everyone,
So everyone keeps asking me if I am going to keep some sort of blog or if I have one yet. Well everyone, I have finally made one.
Couple of Disclaimers for the blog (maybe more for me):
It has been such a long time coming, if anyone has talked to me this year, Peace Corps probably came up whether it be about my frustrations, my completion of tasks, my clearances, or during the anxious period of waiting. I am so excited to be leaving. Although, it will be a bit bitter sweet to leave all those who I have come to know and love during college, who I have known and loved my whole life, and the Cities that I have become the person I am today. But of coarse I know those people will write every so often... Or at least I hope.
This past week, the other PCV that I will be going with started to receive their invitations. They have the same excitement that I had nearly 3 months ago. I am so excited to meet these people and get to know them. Along with that I started to realized that yes, I am going to be leaving in less than 6 weeks now! AHH! And maybe I should start listening to people that tell me I should start packing! Along packing list overwhelmingness, I started to get a little scared, but I think that I am over this for the most part. I think that it is mostly the idea of change. For so long this summer, it was just something that I was going to do in several months, but now it is becoming a reality. Each time I see a plane fly overhead, I think that will be me in six weeks. Leaving my family, my friends, and my homes, which is scary, but I guess we all have to jump off the cliff eventually. What better time to define ourselves than right after college... by going into the "real world". Some may argue that was right after graduation, or maybe even with starting college.
Anyway, I super excited, a little nervous, not worried though, and hopefully ready for anything. No expectations, just some luggage all 80 pounds, and and open mind ready to embrace Tanzania and Swahili. Since this is a pretty long entry already, I think I shall conclude. I will keep you updated. I have staging information (where I go to meet my other PCV in the US). So I have 36 day left and as they may say in Tanzania, Kwaheri!
So everyone keeps asking me if I am going to keep some sort of blog or if I have one yet. Well everyone, I have finally made one.
Couple of Disclaimers for the blog (maybe more for me):
- I don't know how good I will be at blogging. It's kind of like keeping a journal, which I wasn't very good at up to this point in my life. But, I will try very hard.
- I am not sure this will always make sense to everyone or be grammatically correct. But again I will try my best.
- I will try to keep it interesting with photos, but it will depend on my patience and the internet (mostly the internet.. I have heard it is quite slow) .
It has been such a long time coming, if anyone has talked to me this year, Peace Corps probably came up whether it be about my frustrations, my completion of tasks, my clearances, or during the anxious period of waiting. I am so excited to be leaving. Although, it will be a bit bitter sweet to leave all those who I have come to know and love during college, who I have known and loved my whole life, and the Cities that I have become the person I am today. But of coarse I know those people will write every so often... Or at least I hope.
This past week, the other PCV that I will be going with started to receive their invitations. They have the same excitement that I had nearly 3 months ago. I am so excited to meet these people and get to know them. Along with that I started to realized that yes, I am going to be leaving in less than 6 weeks now! AHH! And maybe I should start listening to people that tell me I should start packing! Along packing list overwhelmingness, I started to get a little scared, but I think that I am over this for the most part. I think that it is mostly the idea of change. For so long this summer, it was just something that I was going to do in several months, but now it is becoming a reality. Each time I see a plane fly overhead, I think that will be me in six weeks. Leaving my family, my friends, and my homes, which is scary, but I guess we all have to jump off the cliff eventually. What better time to define ourselves than right after college... by going into the "real world". Some may argue that was right after graduation, or maybe even with starting college.
Anyway, I super excited, a little nervous, not worried though, and hopefully ready for anything. No expectations, just some luggage all 80 pounds, and and open mind ready to embrace Tanzania and Swahili. Since this is a pretty long entry already, I think I shall conclude. I will keep you updated. I have staging information (where I go to meet my other PCV in the US). So I have 36 day left and as they may say in Tanzania, Kwaheri!
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