Less Than Five Weeks Out

Inspired by friend Leanne's Blog, I have decided to make another uninteresting entry into my own. The biggest problem with a blog for me is, that I know I will make grammatical mistakes as I reword my writing to say exactly - closely resembling - what I want to say.  I read other's blogs and wonder why my own are so flawlessly executed. I am inspired by the questions and experiences of others that I would love for myself, and that brings me to write a monotonously boring entry with the expressed purpose of bringing myself to realization that I'm about to embark on a life changing journey-adventure, even as I sit in Sacramento at the Beach Hut Deli.

So let's do a life-GPS check:  I am under 5 weeks out from leaving for the Peace Corps (that's weeks you can count on ONE HAND!). There is currently an open house going on, and I had two interested parties come see my house yesterday.  I have not sold my house... or my car... or my motorcycle, and I have not plan on how to get all of my stuff out of my house.  I need to call Sticks and get this all in order. Sticks is my former step-dad and dad.  I never knew my birth father growing up, and Sticks has stuck around and been my father. He has come to see me when I was in the military and stationed in Georgia, and when I was living in Costa Rica - no one else did.

I really am at the Beach Hut Deli because they have free wifi, and I had grading to do and needed to be out of my place due to the open house.  I have an hour and a half left before I can return home, so here I sit typing out this blog entry.

There are some things that I find highly admirable that I can't seem to incorporate into my own life.  One of those is having the discipline to write a blog on a regular basis.  The other is to read and expand my knowledge without having to enroll in a class.  One nice thing about being teacher is that other people rely on you to read or do what you say you're going to. This give me the motivation to read articles that I wouldn't normally read. It ensure that I read them thoroughly so that I am knowledgeable when it comes time to hold class.  I hope that I will live up to this same expectation as I become a teacher-trainer in Albania.  I will read, diligently, articles that I have assigned so that I will be able to ensure an understand worthy of passing my class.  This sense of integrity is some way to blackmail myself into doing the work I want to do, but to don't possess the fortitude to follow-through.

With that said, I love where I'm at right now.  I know that I will figure it all out.  I know that the insecurities will be resolved, and I will embark on the adventure of a lifetime in less than five weeks. I wanted to mention how down-to-the-line I'll get.  I will hold classes on the last day of the session, which is Thursday, March 12.  I will depart for staging (somewhere in the US) the very next day, which is Friday the 13th.

I am excited.  I am ready.  I really am looking forward to the journey, adventure, and connections that I'll make. Less than 5 weeks now, and then maybe I'll actually have something to write about.