It's the Little Things...
7:52 AM
So Kenny has come and gone and life is starting to go back to normal, kinda. So shortly after Kenny left Ryan and I were able to transfer houses. We are now in a smaller place than feels like home. We really like it there. Our landlords/neighbors are amazing and the house stay very clean. We have the whole place to ourselves, which is a nice change and we also have a pineapple growing in the front yard, which I'm very excited about.
So after we moved houses Ryan ran off to Manila with his counterpart for a HIV/AIDS training. He had a blast, me not so much. I was stuck at home all alone, which wasn't bad at first, but then it got very lonely. I don't think I could do Peace Corps on my own. Way too lonely. While he was gone I attended the graduation ceremony and promotion program. Each program was about 5 hours long, which I felt was completely unnecessary. Here's an idea of how the programs went. They called every student up to the stage one at a time EACH time they got an award, instead of having the student come up once and giving them all their awards at once. It was a little annoying, but neat to see how another culture handles these types of events. I wasn't in any hurry, so it didn't bother me too much, but now I'm better prepared for next time. I then had a couple of days with nothing to do but a little housework and this is when homesickness usually gets a hold of me, and it did. I was much better once Ryan arrived.
Ryan came back to site and soon after I had to leave to attend a grants committee training. I had a great time in Manila. Got to work with some great people and eat some amazing food. We were able to create the grants committee and do some really good work that I think will really help everyone out, staff and PCVs. I had to stay a few extra days for the PCMO's to check out my ears and make sure everything was fine. I'm fine and healthy, so no worries! So now I'm sitting in the airport waiting to board my flight so I can finally go "home!"
We're going to head down South for Easter and then back up to Manila, together this time, for another training. Summer time = training time. Hope everyone is doing well. Think of y'all often, love you all, and miss you very much! Until next time...
So after we moved houses Ryan ran off to Manila with his counterpart for a HIV/AIDS training. He had a blast, me not so much. I was stuck at home all alone, which wasn't bad at first, but then it got very lonely. I don't think I could do Peace Corps on my own. Way too lonely. While he was gone I attended the graduation ceremony and promotion program. Each program was about 5 hours long, which I felt was completely unnecessary. Here's an idea of how the programs went. They called every student up to the stage one at a time EACH time they got an award, instead of having the student come up once and giving them all their awards at once. It was a little annoying, but neat to see how another culture handles these types of events. I wasn't in any hurry, so it didn't bother me too much, but now I'm better prepared for next time. I then had a couple of days with nothing to do but a little housework and this is when homesickness usually gets a hold of me, and it did. I was much better once Ryan arrived.
Ryan came back to site and soon after I had to leave to attend a grants committee training. I had a great time in Manila. Got to work with some great people and eat some amazing food. We were able to create the grants committee and do some really good work that I think will really help everyone out, staff and PCVs. I had to stay a few extra days for the PCMO's to check out my ears and make sure everything was fine. I'm fine and healthy, so no worries! So now I'm sitting in the airport waiting to board my flight so I can finally go "home!"
We're going to head down South for Easter and then back up to Manila, together this time, for another training. Summer time = training time. Hope everyone is doing well. Think of y'all often, love you all, and miss you very much! Until next time...
