This is part of a series in which I’ll describe our experience applying to the Peace Corps. It took 17 months from our initial contact with a recruiter to when we departed and there was a multitude of tasks involved,…
Applying to the Peace Corps: Application and Interviews
This is part of a series in which I’ll describe our experience applying to the Peace Corps. It took 17 months from our initial contact with a recruiter to when we departed and there was a multitude of tasks involved,…
Applying to the Peace Corps: Timeline
This is part of a series in which I’ll describe our experience applying to the Peace Corps. It took 17 months from our initial contact with a recruiter to when we departed and there was a multitude of tasks involved,…
Chile Country Round-Up
Statistics Days: 10. Arrived in Chile on January 3. Left Chile on January 13. Cities: 3. Arica, La Serena, and Valparaiso. Apartment Rentals: 0. Hotels/Hostels: 3. We stayed at: Sunny Days in Arica, Cristobal Colon in La Serena, and Casa…
6 Useful Things We Packed
I have been wanting to write a blog post all about packing to list out everything we are carrying with us in our bags. Eight months into our trip, I still haven’t gotten around to it – there’s always something…
Thank You Mom and Dad!
This post is dedicated to my parents, Tim and Joy, who graciously allowed us to disrupt their normal lives to live with them for a month. Jon and I moved back into my old childhood bedroom (since remade into a…
To Do List – 6 Months Away
We’ve put together a very rough to-do list of things we need to accomplish over the next 6 months. Some of these are things that we can start doing now (and have been!) and some of these will need to…
6 Months From Now
6 months from now will be another Sunday. I’ll wake up in my old childhood bedroom at my parent’s house. I’ll go into the family room and lay down on the love seat, but Tucker won’t join me to cuddle…