Staging....

About a week ago I received my staging kit!!!! I am so excited because now it seems all real... although the mini-walmart that is pilled up on my dining room table is also a good indication! I have bought so many items, but still feel as though I am unprepared...besides the two year supply of purell and spray sanitizers. I feel kinda bad about the abundance of money I am pouring out to buy "neccessities" for my travel to a third-world country. I am curious if this is a common thought of pcv?

Well, I am leaving early September 14 for Philly to began this new adventure! I still have a million things to buy/pack, before then so I need to step up my pace... but I am trying to take full advantage of all the AC and running water that I possibly can before leaving. Oh, how I will miss those amenities.

Strangely, I am not a scared/anxious or even nervous as I thought I would be. I am so ready for this change of life that I am more excited than anything. I hope that at staging I will find some people to talk to?!? That's what I'm a little nervous about. Family and friends, think I must be out of my mind to do this, but I'm sure that's what every pcv family and friends think! It's such an awesome experience, and I feel so honored to be able to take part in it.

Also, this little hiatus will give me ample opportunity to figure out what I want to do with my life. I went from wanting to going into aerospace engineering to teaching mathematics then to creating a college prep program that focuses in math and science. While I was away from engineering, I miss that challenge and frustration that would keep me up to the weee hours in Alden drinking energy drinks and threating to pull out my hair. I can't believe that I would have missed it as much as I do, so now I am thinking of doing something in ergonomics? I feel like everything was just too easily figured out the last few months of school and although I enjoyed it, I dont know if it will satisfy my curiousity and need for achievement later in life? But, I am sure that my time with the Peace Corps will surely serve as a time where I can ascertain the direction of my future....atleast I hope!!

One thing I do know though is that this experience will show me what I am made of and allow me the opportunity to learn more about myself in the next twenty seven months than I have had in the past twenty three years.

I will post my address on facebook and send it out to family and friends. Please try to write if you have time! I would love to keep up with what's all going back in the states and how everyone is doing...besides I will have no tv, internet(atleast not often) or the craziness of all my friends and family to keep me entertained! Also, post on the blog if you would like, I appreciate your words of encouragement!