Well, I finally received my staging information for Honduras!
The schedule is really rather crazy. Check it out:
Feb 24th:
- 7:45am: Fly out of Tallahassee
- 11:30am: Arrive in Washington, DC (I will forever remain curious why we are flying up before we fly down rather than flying directly across from Miami…I am assuming budget cuts….)
- 1:30pm: Check in with Peace Corps (w00t!)
- 3:00pm-7:00pm: Start of Training
Feb 25th:
- 2:30am: Check out of hotel (Okay my first thought here was “Surely that is supposed to say ‘PM?’” My second thought was “Are you allowed to check out of a hotel at 2:30am? Thats kind of sketchy…”)
- 3:00am: Load bus to airport (And my thought when I read this part was “Really? Did I just join the CIA on accident? I wanted to wage PEACE!)
- 7:00am: Flight leaves for Honduras
- 11:50am: Arrive in Honduras
I think that they should add the following to the schedule:
- 12:20pm: Realize that you just left the USA and now have no idea what all of the people around you are saying because you are operating on 30 hours straight with no sleep and everybody around you is speaking some strange language that you could have sworn you learned but then suddenly realize you learned in an academic setting and that really means that you don’t know crap.
Anyway, so I’m pretty psyched now that I know it is all for realskies and there is actually a plane ticket with my name on it. And I really don’t care about the schedule because the reality is that nobody is going to sleep that first night anyway.
My only freak-out moment was when I read “turn in forms” on the itinerary and “student loan forms” was one of the forms. I’m waiting for the nice Peace Corps person to look at my student loan form and go “WTF? How are we letting you out of the country! Aren’t you supposed to be in debtors prison???” But thankfully I don’t live in a Charles Dickens book, so I guess i’m okay.
So that is all I know for now! I am assuming that I will live in a haze of non-knowingness from now until I arrive in DC.
If you had learned that foreign language in just any old academic setting, I would say you had a point. However, I know for a fact that you had the finest Spanish instruction available to humankind, so your fluency will surely amaze Peace Corps-ers (that looks a little too much like Corpses, doesn’t it?) and natives alike!
Seriously, though, on that little sleep nobody will be making much sense I imagine. Nonetheless, it’s VERY EXCITING! I can’t wait to read all the updates!!
WAHHH/YAY!!! :-\……this process may lead to some schizophrenia on my part.
You forgot to mention that your staging information was sent to *my* email addy!
Nothing like being half-awake, drinking coffee and seeing an itinerary to D.C. and then Honduras. The half-awake part played into skimming over the first name and seeing “williams”.
I was like… wth is going on? Is there some big plot to get me out of the country?
sweeeet. I dont know if we can officially be friends anymore since you are know on some unreachable teir of super-do-gooders. Im psyched about the blog! Brad and I plan to backpack in S. America for our “honeymoon” after he graduates, so if your still down there spreading world peace when he finally graduates we will have to visit fer sure.
Does Happy Dance for Becky!!!
Are you there yet? What have you learned during your CIA training?
. Forgot to ask you before you left, did you get the camera? Take lots of pictures!