The packing is finally completed, the hugs and goodbyes have been exchanged, and I'm ready for departure!
(Me with my luggage. I definitely couldn't take as much as I was allowed, because I have to able to carry it. I think I did fairly well for myself, though. Side note: behind me is where my bed used to be, but now the room is going to be a sewing room!!)
Today, Monday, June 4, I traveled from home to another city in the U.S. for my staging, which is a one day intensive orientation with lots of paperwork and intake of general Peace Corps information, interspersed with some time to finally meet the 70 other brand-new English Education Peace Corps Volunteers-in-training, who I will be flying over with. I got to go out with a few of them for a delicious and fancy pizza dinner, as a farewell to American dining, and it was great to connect with fellow trainees and realize that we're all worried about the same things, and we're all in it for similar reasons. We even all got weird/funny reactions when we told people what we were going to be doing for the next two years. It's been a good last day (for a while) in the states.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 5, I will depart with those 70 trainees on a 13 and a half hour direct flight to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (the capitol):
( Photo of our flight path. My apologies for the poor quality.)
The next 10 days I'll be based in Addis for some basic orientation and training, before we're transported to our training site for the next 10 weeks.
It's going to be an adventure like I've never experienced before, and sitting here in my hotel room, I'm mostly just grateful for all the wonderful support I've received from my friends and family. I feel quite loved, and it's a great feeling as I set out!
See you on the flip side!
Today, Monday, June 4, I traveled from home to another city in the U.S. for my staging, which is a one day intensive orientation with lots of paperwork and intake of general Peace Corps information, interspersed with some time to finally meet the 70 other brand-new English Education Peace Corps Volunteers-in-training, who I will be flying over with. I got to go out with a few of them for a delicious and fancy pizza dinner, as a farewell to American dining, and it was great to connect with fellow trainees and realize that we're all worried about the same things, and we're all in it for similar reasons. We even all got weird/funny reactions when we told people what we were going to be doing for the next two years. It's been a good last day (for a while) in the states.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 5, I will depart with those 70 trainees on a 13 and a half hour direct flight to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (the capitol):
The next 10 days I'll be based in Addis for some basic orientation and training, before we're transported to our training site for the next 10 weeks.
It's going to be an adventure like I've never experienced before, and sitting here in my hotel room, I'm mostly just grateful for all the wonderful support I've received from my friends and family. I feel quite loved, and it's a great feeling as I set out!
See you on the flip side!
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