Oh my GOD! I'm really leaving!

So it's really happening. I am leaving for the Ukraine tomorrow. I am feeling a little shakey about joining the Peace Corps as I am just as homesick as I thought I would be and I haven't even managed to leave the country yet. The PC orientation was such a rush of information I kind of feel like important things like where I am going to stay are lost in the unimportant but catchy things like the Peace Corps theme song that the musically inclined volunteers created this afternoon. However, through the awesome support of my boyfriend and family I think I will give it a try. As my sister says, "If it's not fun, it will make a fun story". Hopefully I won't be hilarious when I get back.

I will be offline for the next week or so as our orientation event does not have international phone service or internt. We could all get eaten by big Russian Bears and no one would know. It would be a fitting revenge for all of those poofey hats that the bears have been used for...yeah...sorry...i'm tired.

How much "stuff" do I really need

I started packing last night. It felt weird to be putting so many things in storage knowing I wouldn't see them again for over two years. I think that it is finally starting to sink in that I am leaving. 9 days to go...
I started to wonder if my family and friends would think about me (I sure they will), if I would make friends or be a loner, if I would be able to handle the upcoming changes or if I would cry like a baby on the plane (probably both). As I was sitting amidst my 50 pairs of shoes trying to decide if I was going to take my hot pink Converse I remembered a quote that I read in a book my twin sister gave me.

When we leave this earth
we can not take with us what we have received
but only what we have given

Saint Francis

It made me feel a little bit better.