Things are now settled with my departure date. I will be leaving in the evening on the 11th of March and will arrive in Philadelphia for staging at just after 6 am after a pass through LAX. It should take less than a half hour to make it to the hotel once I have my bags, and then the first class starts at 8 am. That night, since I won't be able to sleep on the plane probably, I will get some much needed rest and be ready for class the next day.
The next day, Friday the 13th!, will be my final day in the United States for over two years. I do not plan on coming back during my Peace Corps hiatus because it doesn't make sense to me to spend so much money on coming back to a place that I will come back to. It's like Costa Rica, I lived there for almost three years, so why would I want to go back and visit Costa Rica? I wouldn't. I lived in Las Vegas for three years too, but I don't know why I would want to go and visit there either. It just doesn't make much sense to me to visit places that you've lived... but I digress.
Here's the plan for my final day in the United States - no matter the weather, I'm going to make the 18 minute walk from my hotel to the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow will keep me from making my visit to the building where the Declaration of Independence was signed, dawning the country in which I was born, raised, and educated (mostly). I look forward to that time, standing there in front of two symbols of America that I have heard of for so long but have never seen with my own eyes. I think of that moment because it will represent the end of the last full day on American soil and the start of a life-informing, -directing adventure.
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