Peace Corps To Do List I have never been one to make lists, or more accurately, I have never been one to follow what’s on the list, but for an undertaking of this magnitude, I started preparing and list-making as soon as I submitted the application. Just last week I left my job. I transferred…
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What it costs to join the Peace Corps
The Peace Corps is a volunteer job and although So how much does joining the Peace Corps really cost? The answer to that question will vary for everyone depending on what country you will serve in (do I need a visa?) and what tests/exams the Peace Corps deems it necessary for you to have. It…
Every.Single.Thing. I Packed for Madagascar
More than 1500 coherent words on what I packed for two years in Madagascar from the kind of suitcase I had to everything I put in said suitcase; don’t say I didn’t warn you. Pre-packing (is that even a thing?) I found out in July 2017 that I’d been accepted into Peace Corps | Madagascar. That…
Thoughts before I go
One week to go It’s about a week until I go. You see, in theory, I should have something heartfelt and sincere to say. Perhaps a few final thoughts I care to leave behind? A legacy? A farewell? [Wait, I’m not dying]. But I don’t. I’ve got nothing. I’m still working… being a nurse and…
Application, timeline, and clearance
It was nearly 18 months since the time I first submitted a Peace Corps application until I got on the plane to Philadelphia for staging. November 2016: I officially decide to submit a peace corps application nearly 20 years after hearing about the program for the first time Did something happen around this to make…
Chapter 47: long story short
Chapter 46: We are never getting back together
Chapter 45: All too well
I’ve become a Swiftie. Or more accurately, I’ve been playing one Taylor Swift on repeat. Ad nauseam. Chris and I broke up some time ago–in spectacular fashion.And I’ve recently come across this song which perfectly encapsulates the entire saga of Eliza Marie and Chris. ‘You kept me like a secret and I kept you like…
Chapter 44: Someone I used to know
I have known Chris practically my entire adult life. Or at least I thought I did. It took three years for us to have a first date and another 18-months for us to live in the same city. And between then and now we had some amazing times. He inspired me to go back to…
