Yallah, Yallah...Lets go!

I'm packing my things, saying my goodbyes and preparing for my departure on Monday, Aug. 13th. Here's what I know so far. My job description is a Youth Developer with the Peace Corps and I will be serving for 27 months somewhere in Morocco.

As I have been stumbling through my last few weeks I have had the chance to see so many important people in my life and have reminisced about some of the most amazing moments of my past. Here are a few I wanted to share with you all...

Things I will miss:

• My bed
• The ability to drive a car (strictly prohibited by Peace Corps)—God knows how bad I will be when I get back…Beware.
• My sister dragging me out of bed every sat/sun of the summer to relocate to the beach, bright and early (once this summer even before the parking lot opened).
• Sunday nights at the Landfall with my Falmouth loves, and of course my dancing dervish of a dad.
• TV marathons with all of the gang in Voute 100.
• Nights out in Boston.
• Backyard parties with all the family… extended… adopted… whatever!

And most of all I am going to miss all of you who are reading this right now. I will miss the adventures and everyday happenings of our friendships. You have all stuck with me through crazy idea after crazy idea and you have had my back through it all. It is only because of all of you that I am able to set out on this adventure. I owe you all so much for your: words of encouragement, pep talks, tough love, letters of recommendation, bitch sessions, disagreements with me, opinions (whether I wanted them or not) and most of all your understanding and support.

I love you all and could go on and on and on… but the reality is. I AM NOT DYING, and even if I have to travel 10 hours to get internet I will still be stalking you, bugging you for updates and yes even calling you… watch out for my newly skype-ified itouch :)

Things I have to look forward to:

• Cold bucket showers
• The delights of learning a new language in umm…. 2 months?
• Bartering for...just about everything including but not limited to: an apartment, bed, appliances, food, clothes, and –oh yeah- my mail !
• 4am calls to prayer
• Turkish toilets… if you don’t know, don’t even ask.
• A TRUE ADVENTURE!

Things YOU have to look forward to:

• Calls from me complaining endlessly about one of the above situations
• Hearing mortifying embarrassing stories about me as I try to navigate a new culture here in my new blog
• And of course, a free mat/ couch/ space of my floor if you have any insane cravings for an African adventure!

So here we go, whether we are ready or not. Our adventure begins this coming Monday when I ship off for Peace Corps pre-training meeting in Philly directly proceeded by my flight to Casablanca arriving in good old el-Maghreb (Morocco) on Sept. 15^th inshallah (God willing) ;)