This blog badly needs to be updated. But since I've officially been home home at my parents' place in the suburbs of Boston since the beginning of February, life has gotten decidedly less interesting with fewer humorous anecdotes to relay to my hordes of fans. Hence the slow down. To make up for this, I'm hoping to delve back into the old Peace Corps journals (all 9 of them) and put some of the better quotes up here and maybe even be inspired/re-reminded enough to try and reconstruct a story or ten for the blog. This is a major undertaking, though, seeing as I haven't had the guts to dive into those journals since I left Guinea in 2006. But I'd also like to get some of my favorite stories written down before I forget even more details than I already have, so that's part of my motivation.
Since many people have asked about my "plan," here it is: For now I'm on the job hunt. Again. Ugh. Currently my hope is to find a job that is Boston based, but with the opportunity for international travel. I'm looking for Program Manager or Program Officer type positions with organizations that work in developing countries, preferably managing programs that work on aspects of sexual and reproductive health. It's a lot to ask, and so far I haven't had a lot of luck in the Boston area, so I very well may need to open that search up sooner rather than later, but we'll see how things go. In the meantime I'm working for my Uncle a few days a week to pay the bills, but that's about it.
See how boring that paragraph was? Can you see why I put off writing it for so long?
The good news is that I've got two trips for weddings coming up. The first one is at the end of April. The entire fam and I will be heading to STL (that's St. Louis, for those of you non-Nelly fans out there) for my cousin's wedding. Considering I haven't been to Missouri since 2007 and haven't seen most of my mom's family since then (my mom is from MO and her whole family still lives there), this visit is way overdue. And I can't wait! I love family weddings! I always have a blast.
The second wedding is at the end of May and is in Nashville. I just booked my ticket tonight and am especially psyched because it is a Peace Corps wedding. Yup, two of my Peace Corps friends are marrying each other, so it will be a big ol' reunion as well as a kick ass wedding. I've also never been to Nashville, so I'm pretty excited about that. Not so excited about my 6:50am flight back to Boston the day after the wedding, but I'll live.
So there's the thrilling update. Just for fun, here's a picture of the visit I made to my brothers in Colorado three days after I got back from India.
Since many people have asked about my "plan," here it is: For now I'm on the job hunt. Again. Ugh. Currently my hope is to find a job that is Boston based, but with the opportunity for international travel. I'm looking for Program Manager or Program Officer type positions with organizations that work in developing countries, preferably managing programs that work on aspects of sexual and reproductive health. It's a lot to ask, and so far I haven't had a lot of luck in the Boston area, so I very well may need to open that search up sooner rather than later, but we'll see how things go. In the meantime I'm working for my Uncle a few days a week to pay the bills, but that's about it.
See how boring that paragraph was? Can you see why I put off writing it for so long?
The good news is that I've got two trips for weddings coming up. The first one is at the end of April. The entire fam and I will be heading to STL (that's St. Louis, for those of you non-Nelly fans out there) for my cousin's wedding. Considering I haven't been to Missouri since 2007 and haven't seen most of my mom's family since then (my mom is from MO and her whole family still lives there), this visit is way overdue. And I can't wait! I love family weddings! I always have a blast.
The second wedding is at the end of May and is in Nashville. I just booked my ticket tonight and am especially psyched because it is a Peace Corps wedding. Yup, two of my Peace Corps friends are marrying each other, so it will be a big ol' reunion as well as a kick ass wedding. I've also never been to Nashville, so I'm pretty excited about that. Not so excited about my 6:50am flight back to Boston the day after the wedding, but I'll live.
So there's the thrilling update. Just for fun, here's a picture of the visit I made to my brothers in Colorado three days after I got back from India.
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