Wherever you go, go with all of your heart...

The adventures of a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Pearl of Africa
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Still on Schedule

Pretty much all fights were canceled today in JFK Airport but ours and a few others are still on. We left the hotel at 6am and are just hanging out until our flight takes off at 10:30am. I look forward to taking a much needed nap on the plane!! I have no anxiety to leave, I'm just super excited (and very tired) at the moment. I won't know how internet and phones will be until I get there. I guess we will see.. One more hour to go until I'm outta here!! :-)

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Staging

Slight change of plans with staging today, since we are expecting snow Tuesday night into Wednesday we did not stay in Philly tonight. Instead we packed up early and took the bus to NYC to stay for the night. As long as the snow doesn't fail us up we should be scheduled as planned and leave the hotel at 6am to go to JFK for our 10:30am flight to South Africa. I'm so tired tonight... I only slept about one to two hours last night, I had too much to do and was to anxious to fall asleep. Saying good bye to my mom, dad, and brother was so hard... I cried but tried so hard to fight back and not ball my eyes out completely. It helped to think I wasn't going anywhere for a long period of time and I would see them soon. I don't know how I am going to go without seeing them for such a long period of time. This is going to be tough. Another side note... I over packed!! -Surprise, surprise!!

It's funny all the anxiety and concern I felt last night when packing completely left as soon as I entered the hotel. I feel like I'm where I need to be and it feels so good. The people are so amazing and I can tell I've already made some friends that will end up being life long. I'm so excited!!!

Now it's time to repack and move things around a little bit, then sleep (FINALLY), then wake up early for our 15+ hour plane ride!! At lease I can sleep on the plane!! :-)


P.S.- Mom, Dad, Sean, Family, & Friends... Thank you for all your continuing support!! Words cannot describe how truly blessed I feel to have so many wonderful caring people in my life. I love you with all of my heart and am going to miss you greatly!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Love Always & God's Blessings,
Shannon

Monday, February 8, 2010

My First Last Good Bye to My Family...

Just said good bye for the last time to my brother... It was so hard not to break down, all I want to do is cry... We are about 6 1/2 years apart but we have become so close over the years especially after I turned 21... We just get each other. I love him so much and I don't know what I'm going to do without him or without seeing him and hugging him for so long!! I guess I didn't think it would be this hard to say good bye... :'-(

Ok... NO time to be emotional!!! Back to PACKING!! IT NEEDS TO BE FINISHED TONIGHT!!!
Leaving for Staging in the morning!! :-)

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Last Weekend & Snowed In

So it's my last weekend in the States and I am spending it 16-inces snowed in with my amazing family! It's been a snow shoveling, hot chocolate drinking, Dexter maraton watching, Peace Corps packing, thank you writing, cuddling, and drikingkind of day!! I'm actually really happy to have one more snow fall before I leave. I think I heard they are calling for snow again on Tuesday/Wednesday when I'm supposed to leave!! We will see... :-)

I am so blessed to have one more wonderful weekend with my family. I love them so very much and there are no words to describe how much I am going to truly miss them. I will take them in my heart with me so hopefully they don't seem so far away. Less than 3 DAYS!!! Starting to get a little anxious!! :-)

Monday, February 1, 2010

One week to go...

This weekend was a blast! The only down side is I felt like I didn't have enough time with everyone, but on the plus side I had more fun on Saturday than any one person should ever have! I feel truly blessed to have so many amazing people in my life. Thank you for all who came out and made my day so special. I am going to sincerely miss each and every one of you but I will keep you all in my heart and bring you along with me!! Also a big thanks to my mom, dad, and brother for everything and for putting up with my crazy shenanigans for all these years!! I love you all so much!! xoxo

Now on with the last week in the States!! Only 7 more days to go!! :-)