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Top ten goals (and fears) while in the Peace Corps

Posted by shiite on Thursday, March 10, 2011, In : peace corps

The goods are packed; final packing list in Excel format here for those interested.

Library books and DVDs have been returned.

Gave my banks the "Oh hey, I'm going to be in Morocco for the next 27 months..." '411' rundown.

Said good-byes to family and some friends still in town.

Only three days remain to frolic about in the barren corn fields of Indiana!

After my last frolic, I will board a plane to Philly, where I will join 60+ other Peace Corps Trainees (PCTs) on the byzantine journey to...
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One month to go 'til Morocco

Posted by shiite on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, In : morocco

Booyakasha.

One month/four weeks/28 days...

No matter how you slice or dice it, Morocco is closing in on the horizon.

It's so close.

I can smell it.

Taste it.

(Don't tell anyone: this may be partially [or quite possibly fully] on account of my eating this and washing my hair daily with this. Shhhh.)

...Yet another email from Peace Corps Morocco today. Things seem to be full steam ahead. Oy vey!

With but one month left to go, there's still lots of hard work to do, but I've also accomplished qui...
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Excitement, Hollywood, and Morocco: a deadly combo

Posted by shiite on Wednesday, February 9, 2011, In : morocco

Things are looking good.

Or as comedian Larry David would say, "Pretty...pretty....*pretty* good."

My fellow Peace Corps compatriots and I have now received two emails from our Peace Corps Morocco "parental unit" - the first a general welcome email, the other having language and home stay questionnaires to fill out.

Any day now, we should receive word that all systems are a go and plane ticket reservations shall commence.

Despite the uncertainty and unrest revolving around Egypt and Tunisia, I ...
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And the winner is...

Posted by shiite on Tuesday, September 21, 2010, In : peace corps

Lesotho! Today in the evening, I was at a Journal Club meeting for my research group and was walking back towards my truck around 5:30pm, when my dad called me and told me that UPS had dropped off my Peace Corps invitation in the mail! I drove home in a mad rush, trying not to let giddiness lead to *speeding ticket*, opened the front door and promptly opened the UPS package. Inside, it read (as expected) that I am going to Lesotho! I will leave Nov. 2, 2010, and my two-year service period is ...
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Llah y3awn, salaam 3laykum! I am serving as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the Eastern High Atlas region of Morocco from March 2011 - May 2013, inshallah... Please subscribe by email below if you would like to follow along on the whirlwind of adventure, challenge and humor that awaits!