Shortly

Getting closer and closer to that time... gotta get everything squared away.

Tomorrow i am cutting my hair short. right now it is probably longer than it has ever been. much longer than i like it though still no one has really said that it looks as bad as i think it does. ah well, i will just feel better and more confident when it is shorter.

and i have started saying my goodbyes. well, really that started when i left tucson, but that was also a bye from college thing too. i really hate those whole farewell things. its just what do you say to someone that you know but not that well and you probably wont see them again and all of the sudden both of you realize that and then you are both kinda awkward and errrr.....
yeah, well i guess it is not something that anyone is really good at.

in any event, i gotta get my current immunization record, and figure out what i am taking and what i am not. I work at the office for only one more week, then i can give my uncle back his jeep. the play i am doing tech for is done by march 1st and i think that that is the last of my preplanned obligations. then i have a solid week for not a whole lot but getting ready to leave.

errrr, yeah, still not the most interesting stuff...

Staging Kit

My staging information arrived in the mail yesterday! More forms to fill out booklets to read and further encouragement to study French much more than I have.

Yesterday was my big spending spree. Well, I guess I only bought two things, but it seemed like much more. After shopping around I found a reasonably priced good sized backpack thats about right for what I want. I didnt really want to buy a new bag but I only have one good easy to carry duffel that I could take but I think I really should have two bags.

Anyway, and I got a new pair of shoes. I am way overdue for a new pair, and the ones that I got were not expensive and are good for everyday wear and I could run in them and whatnot, so all around good.

Hrrrm, well, these will be a lot more interesting once I am in-country.

Ready to Begin

Well, here it goes. A whole shiny new blog... cool.

Ok, so a little what's what first:

Right now I have a bit less than a month before I leave for West Africa, Senegal, to work in Environmental Education with the Peace Corps. Whenever I think about it, I feel a rush of emotions that float between a jumpy excitement, nervousness, eagerness, and a feeling that I am way way over my head.

I have only really been far out of the country once before, almost ten years ago, I dont think my french is really up to par, and, oh right, I have never taught anyone about the environment before. maybe all that is minor, but i still feel particularly out of my league.

I had originally planned on English Ed in the Pacific islands leaving back in September, but... well... that fell through.

I just found out today that my Orientation will be taking place in the great city of, *drumroll*, Atlanta! Well that would be terribly exciting if not for the fact that I already live here and have lived here all my life. Well, its only a couple of days of leaving home but not leaving home, and then I fly off to another continent. I was kinda hoping the orientation would be in D.C. or Philadelphia or I dont know, not down the street...

So, oh right, I am going to try and update this as much as possible while I am in Senegal. That really means as often as I can find myself in a large city with an internet cafe and time to use one i suppose. That may not really be that often but I guess we shall all see.

Err, thats good for now i guess, i gotta figure out how to work all this blog stuff now...