Peace Corps isn’t real life? Prove it.

I have to apologize yet again for my absence. It’s hard to hit my year mark and still write about my new and exciting adventures because many things are either routine or just… Read More →

Tree Nurseries

Why is it that tree nurseries in this country have to be so far away? Saturday morning I got a phone call from my coworker saying that there is a 3 day training… Read More →

Home.

I’m incredibly sorry for leaving everyone hanging for around 2 months, usually I’m better about this. In the past two months it went from something moving at snail speed to the month of… Read More →

5 emotions before lunch = a normal day in Ethiopia

Ok so I’m nearly a year into service… such a crazy thought but with this one year, I’ve learned so much.  I’ve learned more this year than 16 years of education, although it… Read More →

CAMP!

It’s been a while since I last blogged, and that one didn’t even really make sense because it was a hodge-podge of random blogs started and never finished. I’ll just update you on… Read More →

Its the little things.

I’m kicking myself because I haven’t been able to finish writing a blog post in a while now.  I start them with strong emotion either good or bad with the strong hold intent… Read More →

Slump.

6.28.12 I’ve definitely found myself in a slump lately. Apparently this is what Peace Corps likes to label as part of that down turn on the graph they made of our moods during… Read More →

Therapy.

Often living in a high stress area you need to debrief/relax.  Some volunteers I know are writers, some bury themselves in learning the language, some have bought a guitar and are really working… Read More →

Korem = Onions

Living in Korem is much like living in an Onion.  “Wait, what?” I promise it’ll make sense in the end. So how do we describe an onion?  Well, they smell and are a… Read More →

Getting Things Started

Sorry that I have been MIA lately.  I had training in the South for 2 weeks and then met up with my family in Germany for a week.  It was a much needed… Read More →