Two months. I have two months of service left. I feel like the time has simultaneously flown by and dragged on. I stopped writing this blog because I threw myself into other things. I was Co-Coordinator on Summer project last summer. I was the Coordinator for Rice Paper. I was Editor-in-Chief on multiple newsletters. I worked really hard on lesson plans in the classroom. I also met someone here that takes up about 80% of my free time...and that's a great thing.
Overall, I thought I would have more time for my personal side-projects, but I got so involved in Peace Corps projects that my individual ones kind of fell off. It isn't the first time I've had good intentions go awry in my life and I'm sure it won't be the last, but it's sad to me that I didn't document more of my daily life in written word here on this blog.
Overwhelmingly I feel great about my service. My school has sometimes been a nightmare to deal with, but I've found ways of working through it and feeling fulfilled at site and in my Peace Corps work. My lasting contribution will be felt through the amazing work my colleagues and I have put into making the affinity groups and help groups of Peace Corps thrive and grow. We've added content to PPS (Peer Professional Support), updated multiple handbooks, and even created a new group, Health Corps, dedicated to helping volunteers stay physically healthy at site. Overall, we are leaving Peace Corps a little better than we found it, and that's really all one can ask for at the end of service.
I recently won a superlative at our COS (Close-of-Service) Conference: Peace Corps Mom. I guess I did something right, because volunteers feel that I have their backs. It felt really great to know that.
