The world of technology & instant communications is still so amazing to me. I've been reading blogs from current Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVers) who've just reached Georgia & are in their first three months of training.
It's good to hear different perspectives, & to have an impression of what it might be like for me when I finally get there in a year. I constantly laugh, come close to tears & tuck little tips away in my brain for when my time comes to pack in frantic excitement, then wait, be shoved on a plane & finally come face to face w/ a culture I'm sure I can't even imagine. The heartbreak that is expressed from the residents in toasts to peace & lost loved ones makes me ache w/ the desire to get out of here.
I hope that their blogs can continue once they get to their permanent villages. The three months of training are so different from what their lives will really be like once the PC pretty much drops you at your post & says "see yas."
Sometimes the hope that I have for being so close to this goal makes my body hurt. It makes my time here seem wasteful, & I feel guilty for the things I take for granted. In a weird way, this year before I go might be worse than my 27 months of service. I know that this experience will change my life, but I feel that if it doesn't happen soon, I might burst.
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So you just might end up in Georgia, that's why you're reading up on our blogs, eh? My permanent site is awesome, as you've been reading. And internet is readily available (at really slow speeds, albeit) here. And they love Ancient Greek history, as this was the land of Colchis, where the Argonauts went for the fleece (just an fyi, since you're named "the kraken" and all).
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