Not the greatest blogger

In my defense, I would update a lot more often if it weren't so difficult to get access to my blog in this internet cafe... there's some shenanigans going on with the security that makes it so only one person in the whole room can sign into a Blogger account at a time. What a fine choice in blog hosts I have made.

What's going on? Well, we have language and TEFL training almost every day (except Sunday, hence why I am here), we have a 4th of July picnic coming up on Tuesday, in what will be our one and only day off of classes, and then August 18th, we get sworn in as Peace Corps volunteers and then get sent off to our permanent assignments. Ideally, I'll be able to update before then, but just in case, that's how it is.

You know what I'm noticing? It's a lot easier to avoid homesickness here *because* of the fact that we're so disconnected from the rest of our US friends and family (although we get free incoming phone calls, so they can call us all they want...) and the fact that we'll be here for so long. It's like our life back in the US is on pause, and we'll resume missing it only at certain times, like those winter months that Peace Corps says are big for homesickness or during the weeks leading up to a visit home (I'm still gearing toward July 2007). Of course, this could lead to issues when we get back to the US and find that our friends and family have not been on pause and that lots of things have changed, but until then, I'm happy to avoid homesickness. Not that I don't miss everybody, which I definitely do, but the Georgians are definitely hospitable and kind enough that the homesickness isn't an impairment. I could only be so lucky as to get another great host family for my permanent placement... that's really my primary concern right now.

So yeah. I'll post when I can, but if you really wanna know something, just shoot me an e-mail, and at least until permanent placement, I should be able to respond within a week, which is sweet and much better than what Peace Corps volunteers in some countries have access to...