Staging

So, despite having only slept for 1 hour last night, I only forgot two things (I HOPE!). Luckily I have awesome parents who stopped by a gas station on the way to the airport at 5 in the morning so that I could bring a jar of peanut butter with me. This was the first thing on the list people!!! How on earth did I forget!? The other thing was just a form I had to print out, which I was able to do once I reached the hotel. I had no issues with my flights at all, even though I had to check one of my carry-on bags for both flights. I am going to blame this on the fact that I was taking tiny little planes, and not on the fact that my bag is actually too big. I am really hoping that I will not run into any issues tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed for me!

After checking into the hotel, we had staging for the next 5ish hours. We basically went over the Peace Corps core expectations in detail, in addition to safety and what the next couple of weeks will look like. I am excited to get to know the cohort better, everyone seems really nice so far!

We board a bus at 2am tonight to drive to JFK where we will catch our flight to South Africa (14 hours!). I have to say I am actually ready for the flight, because once we are boarded I feel like I will be able to breathe a little and maybe, just maybe get some sleep. After this post I probably won’t be able to update the blog for a while. I will be sure to keep writing so that I have lots to update you on when I finally have access to the internet. Again, thank you to everyone who is reading and following me on this journey. I promise to try my best to keep you up-to-date. Now to count down the hours until I am enjoying some 70 degree weather J