February 2012
5 posts
For the past few months, ever since I received my lovely invite, I haven’t really been able to answer questions about what I’ll be doing in Albania. I have a title, Community Health Educator, but all additional details are decided and explained once I arrive. The PC ideally wants to place volunteers in jobs that suit our strengths and interests, which is why I wont know more until I...
A packing playlist requires many things: it must energize at times for heavy lifting and arranging, it must calm for times of concentration and double-checking, and above all it must provide constant enjoyment for those dreadful periods of fear and bewilderment.
Behold, the packing playlist:
Dear Mr. President - Fitz & The Tantrums
You Talk - Babyshambles
Apple Of My Eye - Ed Harcourt
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Procrastination has gotten the best of me. My resistance to packing might be some form of denial. All I know is that it gets harder to leave the safest corner of my room by the hour. One thing about the packing experience that I do enjoy is how freeing it is to simplify. I’ve become a maniac - things are tossed, prized possessions are packaged, and very few items remain to be stored. My...
The timeline of my Peace Corps application process is something that I think many people have heard of partially at least, depending on when I was around them. Some saw my frustration stage, some my excitement, and most were around for the waiting state - that long period of time when I could do absolutely nothing but wait for an update from the offices in D.C.
I don’t know exactly when or where...
One day this past summer in San Francisco I had some spare time. I already knew I was heading to Albania and I think it was the first time it actually registered in my mind that I had joined the Peace Corps. As I waited for my dear friend to get out of class I picked up a random book, The Motorcycle Diaries, and began reading. A passage I came across that day perfectly explains my thoughts on what...
