Only Two Months Away.....

Wow!  I am going to be leaving to go to Morocco in only two months.  My staging date is March 19th!! I am getting very excited and have been going through my packing list over and over again to add things and buy things.  I really hope that I will have extra space (under the 80 lb. limit) to take extra games and art as youth center supplies!  I already feel myself getting nervous and excited about leaving and can only imaging what my emotions will be like as the date approaches.  I'm working on keeping my thoughts positive and setting goals so here's a list of why I'm excited about joining the Peace Corps:

1. To travel to another country and experience the culture deeply and meaningfully
2. To become fluent in another language and truly understand the value of understanding one another and be humbled by the experience of learning-on-the-go
3. To become more secure as an individual despite my ever-changing surroundings
4. To learn to live as I go and to embrace the unpredictability of a PCV (Peace Corps Volunteer) lifestyle
5. To finally live in another country and embrace my passion for the global community
6. To challenge myself to live each day with intention

It is strange to think of what my list of goals for the PC were when I began applying in 11/2010.  They would probably have been just as vague and lofty, but a little less real to me.