21 Days until the move!
Reading about El Salvador and my program and talking to current volunteers who are serving there has made me very excited for my upcoming journey. I've been told it is one of the best countries to do Peace Corps in. 27 months in a foreign country is definitely going to be one of the greatest experiences of my life...but also the most challenging.
As the days with my family and friends become less and less, I realize how important it is to cherish everyday with them. I find myself wishing I had joined my mom at the grocery store last week when she asked. Or went out to get my nails done with Christina more often. Hung out in the city with Danielle or played "Apples to Apples" with Amanda a few more times. I wish my Dad and Grandma could be around more so I could laugh a little bit longer with them. I'm excited I have a couple days to see my college roomates before I leave, but I wish we had more time. I wish my friends had no jobs so we could sit around all day talking and joking, and I wish little Maddie would wait for me to get back to grow! I hope everyone I have grown up with realizes how much I appreciate having them in my life and how grateful I am to have had such great experiences with them. I've been very lucky.
It's going to be hard not seeing my friends and family everyday and it's hard for me to express to everyone how much I'm going to miss them. I get sad already thinking about not being with the people I love everyday but I want everyone to know that I'll be constantly thinking about everyone. And I hope you won't forget about me down there either!
Emails, letters, packages, comments, wall posts, tweets, calls, texts...(what else is there?)... will mean the world to me. So please do. My address for the first 2 months is posted to the right of my blog and I will have internet access at some points.
And after 6 months I can have visitors! :)
:( I hate this...
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