Milestii Mici

Last time I tried to post something I lost my internet connection so hopefully this time I dont lose it.

So we are wrapping up week 2 of PST (Pre Service Training). We go to Romanian class 6 days a week from 8:30 am to 1 pm. From 2-5 pm we have Tech training some days and others we have free time. Until week 3 we cannot leave the village on our own, but after that I am sure I will be traveling to the other sites to visit the other M25s.

Tomorrow we head to Chisinau with our mentors. They are going to show us the sights and bring us to market. Then next Sat June 3rd we are going to the 4th of July Party. Supposedly this is a huge party and is extremely fun, so I am ready for that.

Time has been moving by very fast of late. Our days for the most part are jam packed with things to do and things always pop up. The weather has cooled off a lot. The last few days it has been in the 40s and 50s. Today it is in the 60s. The rain has stopped and tomorrow is suppose to be a beautiful day.

Tonight we are going to a bar in our village the shows the World Cup games on a projection screen. I have watched a few games there and we are friends with the local crowd there.

Emotions

It has been a bizarre, emotional, exciting, exhausting and hot past week. Though the last few days it has cooled down. I am finally here in Milestii Mici Moldova. I will be here till the 1st or 2nd week of August then on to my permanent site. There are 16 ARBD volunteers and we have become a very close bunch.

I wrote that 1st paragraph a week or so ago. Since we have lost a volunteer and are now down to 15. We have an amazing group of volunteers here in Moldova. I am very fortunate to be here. From this point on I am going to try and do a better job keeping up with my blog. Hopefully I can

The First Week

This one will be short. I moved in with my host family in Milestii Mici on Sat. This was a scary experience at first but I have settled in. The first few days and nights were extremely hot and I was severely dehydrated but last night was very cool and so was today. I am hoping tonight will be the same. I finally got my skype working so that is awesome. Today online has been crazy so hopefully tomorrow I will be able to put together a longer post. Sorry

Crunch Time

Ok, I have never done anything like this before (a blog that is) mainly because I don't think I live an interesting life enough for one. However since I am about to move to Moldova I figured it would be the easiest way to keep people informed of my experience. So here goes nothing.

I have about two weeks left of work in New Orleans then I move back to Baton Rouge at the start of June. I fly out of New Orleans on June 8th at 5:55 am. Transfer flights in Charlotte and on to Philadelphia; landing around 11 am. Check in starts at noon and Peace Corps orientation starts at 2. At 7:30 the next morning we get on buses bound for NYC to catch our 4 pm flight to Frankfurt,Germany. We land in Germany around 5:30 am then transfer to a 3 pm flight to Moldova. We are suppose to land in Moldova around 6 pm. I have no clue what happens after this point. This is where stuff gets real. I am pretty sure by this point I will be so sleep deprived that it will take a few more days for everything to sink in.