Hello, Goodbye

Welcome to my blog! For anyone that hasn't heard yet, I receive my invitation about a week ago for the Peace Corps. I'll be an Sustainable Economic Development volunteer in Senegal. ie business development stuff. Lets hope that econ major finally pays off, or maybe at least the years and years of listening to my dad at the dinner table. Anyways, I'm off for staging, tentatively, August 10th then on to Thies, Senegal for 3 months of training. After that I'll be placed somewhere in country, assigned a host country partner and start my 2 years of service. Yup, you did the math right I'm gone 27 months. I'll be 25 when I make my way back home, but even scarier my sister will be 16, driving a car and, heaven forbid, have a boyfriend. Eek! So much will change, but I'm so excited for the adventure. Plus a little change is good...it lets you know your still alive.

So I'll explain a little bit about The Peace Corps... It takes forever to get through the application process. I applied about 1 1/2 years ago and I'm sure people were starting to think I made the whole thing up at this point. There were lots of interviews; making sure I'm sane, I'm not going to be to homesick and basically making sure I wouldn't come back early. The oddest part of the whole thing is questions about my love life. Thank GOD I'm sans boyfriend. There is a whole worksheet you have to fill out explaining the status of your relationship and other nonsense. I understand the point, but I can't imagine having to put that kinda thing to pen. Again thank god I'm single. So I jumped through some hurdles and now I'm here gearing up for a life unknown in Senegal.

Needless to say I have loads of stuff to do, and very little time. Well, I have time but it's all going to be sent saying my goodbyes and taking a scuba trip with mom and dad to Bonaire. I just got certified and I have a feeling it's going to be a blast. Who knows maybe I'll get myself to the Mediterranean and do some scuba. Anyways, my blog will probably be pretty sparse till I actually get to Senegal, because lets be honest I doubt I'll have much of interest to say before then.
So I guess I'm over and out for now, but I promise I'll try my best in this blog to keep things relatively short and sweet. And you better forgive any spelling mistakes now or stop reading, because anyone that knows me knows i can't spell... a scientist somewhere proved it's genetic so talk to my mother.