But, about two years ago, I thought, why wait?? By doing this now, at this time in my life, I think I offer more wisdom and experience than I would have, obviously, had I joined at the age of 23 or 24, right? And maybe I still have SOME of the energy of my youth left in me.
So, here I am, at the age of 44, ready to leave my comfy life for 27 months in the Republic of Georgia. That's 3 months of training as a Peace Corps Trainee, then two years at my post/job as a Peace Corps Volunteer!
I depart for Washington DC for "staging" (aka "please don't embarrass the US" while serving and also "be safe" training/orientation) on April 17th. My group (60+ invitees?) will then arrive in Tbilisi at 3 am on the 21st. Then, the adventure/challenge begins. I literally have NO idea where we go next. I will just be "going with the flow" for a while.
(By the way, this is for you, Syd Finan! Your unwavering encouragement has inspired me to start this blog. Of course, I'm also doing this for my family and friends -- like a lot of PC volunteers/trainees. I hope to keep it up on a reasonably regular basis.)
This is Tbilisi -- our first stop:
