One third done. 9 out of 27 months have been accounted for.
Today was also the first day since December it has rained in our part of the
valley. I think about work all the time. Its getting to the point where I need
to hold off on saying yes and start digging deeper into the projects I have.
Ill be kicking myself if I leave here having done a half assed job
on many projects instead of a great job on a few. I had my second site visit
yesterday, with Natalia, who will be leaving PC for other greater goods in the world. She told
me it was time to start prioritizing so that I don’t wear myself out and so
that I can make it worth while, my service. Another one of the few great people
I’ve encountered in my life who have a world of knowledge and a smile that can
melt any ones heart. She will be missed.
Next week is semana santa, holy week;
A time for reflection and re-connection with your faith, god or saints and/ or a
spring break of sorts. School is out, businesses take time off, it’s a time
when the overpopulated cities become ghost towns and the tiny beach towns are
overrun with people trying to take in as much sun as possible before the rains
take over the skies. Being I have no religion to get back to basics with, Ill
take the vacation and the beach option.
For now however, “real life”, I have
what I consider, and Natalia would agree, a happy problem. My problem is simply
I have too many leads for projects, what some volunteers spend all their
service hoping to find. I got lucky, yet again. Not only did I land CR as my
country of service, but I have a solid group of people to which I feel
understand me and support me as a volunteer. Having made it through a third of
my service, I still have a year and a half left, to include 2 semesters at SIT
to register for, a trip home, an ameriwedding, some visits from friends and
hopefully a small handful of projects under my belt. Every day ticks by slower
than I imagine. I’m always surprised when I look at my watch and it isn’t even
noon yet. But this 1/3, now that it’s over, looks pretty much like they said it
would.
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