I’ll call this Chapter 6.Chapter 1: Birth-Toddlerhood; the forgotten years ( Read more... )

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synopsist-minus 10 days left in berkeley. t-minus 13 days left in the united states. my status on facebook went from "UCLA '07" to "UCLA Alum '07" recently. and, you know, if it's on facebook it means that it's official. my college life is over. i'm an old lady ( Read more... )

updates.

still no internet.
10 working days of camp left.
i officially need to be in washington d.c. at 1pm (eastern time) on sept. 11, 2007 for pre-departure training.
i officially leave for the DR on sept. 13, 2007 and i won't be back until november 20, 2009.

yowwwza.

one step forward

i just emailed the dominican republic desk my updated resume and my aspiration statement. step two of the post-invitation cycle complete.

good karmathe amazingness of people in this world never cease to amaze me. i think it's partially why i'm not so disillusioned with the world. it's the little things, you know? so, here's my story ( Read more... )

i'm one of those peoplethe last few times that i have been home i'd sit in the living room and meander about until i could find a wireless signal. i would usually connect to one called "da hood" which is a bit of comedy in itself. but, i came home thursday night to find that "da hood" was no longer appearing in my list of available networks. and, ( Read more... )

it's official

My assignment was recieved this morning via Fed Ex.

I'm going to the Dominican Republic!!!
I will be a community health/ health nutrition extensionist.
I'll be in Miami for orientation from September 11-13.
Off to orientation in country until November 20th.

I'll return on November 19, 2009.

This'll be home for 2 years:

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Application Update.

2:00 am pacific time.
officially invited to join the peace corps.
invitation kit sent out on june 24, 2006.

awaiting receipt of mail.

ps.
holy crap x2

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tells UCLA grads to lead significant lives
it's all over. it's really over.


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