It is crazy to think that I have 118 days until I hit that
gong and I become an official RPCV. So many things can happen in that amount of
time and I am trying to be ready for anything that might be thrown my way. I
realize that this may sound a bit dramatic but it’s really true. The Peace
Corps journey is such a wild ride you never know what obstacles may come your
way and it is truly just part of the journey. You always do your best to roll
with the punches. Like for example, I was hoping for the possibility of
extension but Peace Corps has other plans for me and I should be home sometime
in March after I do some traveling in Kenya and South Africa. However, for the
next four months I will be teaching, taking pictures, documenting, and
exploring around my sweet little village and as much of Uganda as I can.
I plan
to try and document my teaching here a little bit better so you all can see
what I have been doing. I also need to start planning for getting a job when I
get back home and having a documentation of what I have been doing in Uganda
will hopefully help me find my next adventure. I also plan to spend time
building a teaching portfolio for job interviews, so if you have any tips let
me know. I am planning for the remaining two months of school to be focused on
getting to know my students even more. I also hopefully will be so much better
about sharing with all of you what is happening in my daily life. I really
thought that I would be better about blogging more and it just all went to
shit. Here is to a 118 more days on this journey and trying to document even
more.
Sometimes
I try to look back on the last 703 days and wonder about what I would say the
most important moments were for me. Sometimes I would say that it is all the
moments that I watched something click with my students, or maybe the memories
I have with my new friends, or the moments that broke me down and allowed me to
become a better human being, or maybe it was the moments when I became okay
with being alone which allowed me to become independent and able to stand on my
own two feet. When I really think about it though, I realize that it is not one
of these moments it’s actually all of the combined. This may have been one of
the hardest journeys I have ever been on and certainly not for everyone, but I
wouldn’t change any of it for the world and I will forever look back on this
adventure and be glad I did it.
I don’t
really know if any of this blog is useful or intriguing to any of you. Part of
why I haven’t blogged to much is because I haven’t been so sure of what to
write about. I am hoping that all of you can help me out a little bit and let
me know what you’d like to see me write about for the next 118 days of my
journey here in Uganda. It’s crazy to think my time is ending. In 27 days I
will have living in Uganda for 2 incredible, challenging, life changing,
beautiful years. Saying goodbye is not going to be easy but I know it is time
for me to start a new season and begin writing the next chapter of my story. I
don’t know if Cali is going to be ready for me but I am coming! I am going to
be applying for my credential and hopefully starting my career as a classroom
teacher. K-5 here I come! Preschool, you might be coming first but we will
certainly see. If anyone has any advice for what is to come next for me please
reach out. I am always open ears.
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