two weeks and change

2.26.09
on monday i will be leaving in two weeks and i've been here for about 8. while i definitely feel like it has been a tremendous and worthwhile experience i'm also very much ready to go. i got over my initial homesickness relatively easily but these emotions struck again last weekend. as i've told some of you i'm very much over being hot, sweaty and dirty all the time, done with being stared at, hissed at, touched etc because i'm white and i'm really ready for a change in the menu! it's not that i'm not having a good time - yesterday a group of the volunteers played rugby (touch not tackle - like flag football) against some school kids which was a lot of fun and i still am enjoying getting to know the locals and my fellow volunteers and of course am working hard to finish the orphanage so the kids can move in. but i'm at the point where i feel like i've achieved what i came here for and i'm ready to start the next chapter of my life. i've starting saying goodbye to friends who are going home and the next 2 weeks will have a lot of goodbyes as there is a mass exodous of volunteers. i know march 16th is right around the corner but i'd be perfectly content to wake up and have that day be here. i want to thank everyone for the texts, emails, cards, calls, packages, and facebook messages - your support and encouragement has made a world of difference and i cannot tell you how much i appreciate it! wishing everyone an early happy weekend...