COUNTDOWN: 7 days. Ready or not. It's finally hit me that I am leaving for 2 years. I went out with all of my friends for one last hoorah this past Saturday. That's when it hit... when I had to say some of my final "see ya laters." I know it's only going to get worse when I have to say my final "see ya laters" to my best friends, boyfriend, and family. I am NOT looking forward to that day :-(
Here are some pics from Saturday and the last couple weekends!:
But what I am looking forward to is PC ECUADOR!!! I am so freaking ready to get there, get to know all the other awesome trainees in Omnibus 105 (that's the name of our training group, we are the 105th group to train in PC Ecuador), meet my host family, and start training! After all I have been waiting for this for TWO years!
Yesterday, I got all the clothes together 1.) that PC recommended I bring, and 2.) that I want to bring, and oh boy, there are wayyy more there then I thought was going to be. Shoot. Time to figure out which ones to hang back up and part ways with. I don't know why I want to bring so many. After all, I'm not going to a different world, just Ecuador, where I can find almost anything I will need, which makes me happy. So I need to relax and keep that in mind. I bought some 'space saver' vacuum bags today to help out with room in my 2 suitcases. It is a variety pack: 1 medium, 2 large, 2 extra large, 1 travel bag, and 1 pouch. I think those will be enough for the clothes in my 2 suitcases and carry-on.
I thought picking out which shoes I wanted to bring was going to be difficult, but surprisingly, it wasn't very difficult to part ways with some of my favorite shoes.
So the next 7 days are going to FLY by! I have a pretty booked schedule, and on top of that I need to stuff all my belongings into 2 suitcases. I thought I would provide you all with my schedule for the next week:
Tuesday 25th(tonight)--Dinner with friends one last time
Wednesday 26th--stay home and do a test packing run
Thursday 27th--hang out with Josh and my family
Friday 28th--Go to Jason Aldean concert at Mizzou with my sister!
Saturday 29th--Go get a massage with my aunt! Visit my grandparents one last time.
Sunday 30th-- Lunch with a friend in the afternoon. Then my Aunt is having the whole fam over in the evening for dinner.
Monday 31st--Say "see ya later" to my boyfriend's parents
Tuesday 1st--Finish up some last minute packing during the day. Then my sister is coming in from school and then we are going out to dinner one last time as a fam!!
Wednesday 2nd--Fly out of Saint Louis at 7:30am to Washington DC where I will meet all the other trainees in my group and have orientation from 12-7pm.
Thursday 3rd--Check out of hotel at 3:30am (yes, you read that correctly), get on a plane at 8:20am to Miami, then off to Ecuador at 11:00am. Land in Quito, Ecuador at 7pm!!!
Friday 4th-- PC stuff all day long: meetings, spanish crash courses, interviews, etc!
Saturday 5th-- PC stuff until 1pm, then meet our host families at 1!!
Okay, so I gave you my schedule for the next TWO weeks, I got carried away, oops! :-)
In the next post I will give you my address so you can send me letters during training:-) And yes, every single one of you MUST send me letters!!
Heather
Here are some pics from Saturday and the last couple weekends!:
Love them! And will miss them dearly until I come back next
March 2012 when my one of my best friends will get married(Girl on the left)! :-)
Before we went out one night!
Greatest girl friends anyone could ask for :-)
My little sister and I!
St. Louis Blues Hockey Game.... we sat 3 rows from the ice! what what!
But what I am looking forward to is PC ECUADOR!!! I am so freaking ready to get there, get to know all the other awesome trainees in Omnibus 105 (that's the name of our training group, we are the 105th group to train in PC Ecuador), meet my host family, and start training! After all I have been waiting for this for TWO years!
Yesterday, I got all the clothes together 1.) that PC recommended I bring, and 2.) that I want to bring, and oh boy, there are wayyy more there then I thought was going to be. Shoot. Time to figure out which ones to hang back up and part ways with. I don't know why I want to bring so many. After all, I'm not going to a different world, just Ecuador, where I can find almost anything I will need, which makes me happy. So I need to relax and keep that in mind. I bought some 'space saver' vacuum bags today to help out with room in my 2 suitcases. It is a variety pack: 1 medium, 2 large, 2 extra large, 1 travel bag, and 1 pouch. I think those will be enough for the clothes in my 2 suitcases and carry-on.
I thought picking out which shoes I wanted to bring was going to be difficult, but surprisingly, it wasn't very difficult to part ways with some of my favorite shoes.
All of my clothes
My shoes (I still want to bring another pair of tennis shoes though)
Everything else!
I have to fit all of the stuff above into this suitcase, duffel bag, and carry-on...
Tuesday 25th(tonight)--Dinner with friends one last time
Wednesday 26th--stay home and do a test packing run
Thursday 27th--hang out with Josh and my family
Friday 28th--Go to Jason Aldean concert at Mizzou with my sister!
Saturday 29th--Go get a massage with my aunt! Visit my grandparents one last time.
Sunday 30th-- Lunch with a friend in the afternoon. Then my Aunt is having the whole fam over in the evening for dinner.
Monday 31st--Say "see ya later" to my boyfriend's parents
Tuesday 1st--Finish up some last minute packing during the day. Then my sister is coming in from school and then we are going out to dinner one last time as a fam!!
Wednesday 2nd--Fly out of Saint Louis at 7:30am to Washington DC where I will meet all the other trainees in my group and have orientation from 12-7pm.
Thursday 3rd--Check out of hotel at 3:30am (yes, you read that correctly), get on a plane at 8:20am to Miami, then off to Ecuador at 11:00am. Land in Quito, Ecuador at 7pm!!!
Friday 4th-- PC stuff all day long: meetings, spanish crash courses, interviews, etc!
Saturday 5th-- PC stuff until 1pm, then meet our host families at 1!!
Okay, so I gave you my schedule for the next TWO weeks, I got carried away, oops! :-)
In the next post I will give you my address so you can send me letters during training:-) And yes, every single one of you MUST send me letters!!
Heather
Holy crap!! Not only are we in single digits now, but we are at the one week point! AAHH!! I'm getting more and more excited every day. Can't wait to meet you and the rest of the 105 group! YAY!!
ReplyDeleteI, too, am a St. Louis native! I'm currently an applicant and cannot wait to hear back regarding my nomination this week.
ReplyDeleteI would really like to hear how you deal with being without your boyfriend, as I will be leaving a long-term relationship, too.
Not looking forward to that! Good luck!!
STL, baby! It's nice to have some STL love and support! haha. Thanks for the comment! Love when people leave comments. Oh yes, it's going to be really hard with the 'long distance' thing, but hopefully it will work out! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions at all about PC or anything. Good luck on your nomination!
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