Wednesday, June 22, 2011

How do people do this in 60 days??

OK, I have months until I leave (October) and feel overwhelmed already! How do people do it in 60 (or is it 90?) days? To everyone that has gotten ready to leave that quickly you are AWESOME. First was the paperwork -passport/visa/aspiration statement,then I started making lists for packing, financial stuff to work out be4 I leave, all the paperwork/money (if any), figuring out how much to take out of my monthly allotment to pay on my credit card and student loan,student loan deferment process and selling/donating most my furniture,clothes bedroom set etc, getting my car signed over to my mom etc etc. However, I defiantly still have plenty of free time to hang with friends and be leisurely, so it's not like I am spending all my time getting things organized. My eye has been twitching fro about a week now, lol. I need to just relax, get organized and handle the process with grace. I am moving in with my brother and sister in law for Aug & Sept to save money, so that's when I'll be able to purchase everything that I need.
On another note backcountry.com is amazing with getting back to you about their discount! I  had a couple of questions and he responds within minutes. I am still waiting to hear back from a couple other websites, mostly ones for shoes. I just made my first big purchase-large pack, day pack, solar charger, fleece, headlamp, sleeping pad, raincoat, money belt and a couple other things. When I get paid next I need to get skirts, shirts, camera, and couple dresses. Well, that is all the yammering I have for now. I have been slacking hardcore with updating my timeline on here, and I could probably "Tanzania"up my blog a bit!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Tanzania!!

I received my invite packet today! I am going to Tanzania as a Health Education Ext Worker, staging Oct 10-11. I am so so so excited! Anybody out there in the same group??

Waiting on the invite.

Oh the anticipation! Where am I going? Nothing is posted for the first week of Oct yet. I looked at previous years and the only country I saw was Ethiopia. I am down with that, actually I am down with just about any country. I know I probably wont get it until the end of the week or the beginning of next. After 8 months of patience this should be an easy wait...haha....or not.

Friday, June 3, 2011

Invite in the mail!!

AHHHHHHHH!! That is how I feel right now! My placement specialist e-mailed me yesterday and set up a 10:30am phone interview for today. At 10:30, as I nervously paced around my apartment making sure my phone had service, all I could think was budget cuts....budget cuts..no wait, think positively! Well, I got the call around 10:45, she mentioned how a lot of youth and development programs are getting cut but with all my HIV volunteering experience that I qualify for a Health extension program in Sub-Saharan Africa. Wait! Sorry, my brain is scattered- first she asked me things like what will the biggest obstacle to overcome , about covering my tattoos, dying my hair a normal color (I have bright red highlights now) and what I have been doing to prepare...THEN she went on to what I am qualified for. Anyways, I am leaving the first week of October for Africa!!! Nothing is on PC wiki timeline for the first week of October yet, so I have no idea where I am going! More to come!!! AHHHHHH