"without courage, wisdom bears no fruit"

I've been checking things off my to-do list, but that doesn't make the future any more certain. I graduated in May, and I packed up all my belongings from Skidmore College. I road-tripped across the country with my friend Alicea, visiting national parks, and friends and family along the way. I'm home now, making even more to-do lists as well as un-packing and repacking all of my belongings. I'm preparing to leave for the Peace Corps so the packing I'm doing now is like nothing I've done before.
I'm packing things appropriate for semi-tropical, rural El Salvador, which is where I will be for the next 27 months.
Alicea and I got accepted in to the same program: Agro-Forestry/Environmental Education, so we will be traveling together for a bit longer ;) We will meet our fellow Peace Corps volunteers in Washington D.C. for pre-service training and meet-and-greets on July 7th. Then, bright and early on the 8th (4 am - it's a good thing we both did crew with all the early mornings!) we leave for El Salvador.
I will most likely by in an elementary school teaching environmental education. I'm very excited to begin learning exactly what my position entails, because right now, it's more of a "less is more" vibe coming from the Peace Corps headquarters.
I will attempt to update this blog as regularly as I can, but no promises!
Hope your summer is going well.

Alicea and me, post-race. A teammate captioned the photo with: well, at least they have great personalities...