so far so good.

This might be the last time I have decent internet access for a while (hopefully not)...but I thought I would give a quick update on the OFFICIAL DAY 1!!

Made it to D.C. yesterday, and things are looking great so far! That might have been the first time that I actually made it on a flight when the connection was less that 2 hours. It's the small successes in life that need to be celebrated.

I was able to spend time with a friend who lives and works in D.C., so that was really fun. He didn't get off of work until about 7 hours after I got in town, so I had a full-on dorky touristy day by myself. We're talking self portraits and taking turns with large random groups of tourists who needed me to take solo pics of them. It was a nice trade-off. Today all of the volunteers and I met and did a full day of training...everyone seems so nice! I am really excited, and hopefully this puts some of my mom's worries to rest. I am in good company. There are 40 of us from all over, and we had a whole day of team building activities and reminders about the history/mission of the Peace Corps. In case anyone is curious, the goals are as follows:

1. Helping the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women.

2. Helping promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.

3. Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.

And there ya have it. Ok well I need to go reorganize my bags (Yup, a lot of us didn't get the memo that we just need one small bag for the 1st day retreat) so basically I need to change up some things ASAP. We're checking out of our hotel at 3:45am tomorrow and flying through Miami to the DR! And it would be nice to get at least an hour or 2 of sleep (more than I would have gotten the night before I left Arkansas!)

Here are a few pics so far...

loser-ish solo shot in front of the Monument.
Luke!
some of us out to dinner after staging!