For a while now I’ve known that I have no desire to continue down my current career path.  Finance is not for me.  So I decided it was time to do something drastic.  But why Peace Corps?  That’s a good question, one that has been on my mind all throughout the entire application process.  I’m not exactly an altruist or an idealist, as you know.  I have no delusions about saving the world.  At first it was a just a whim.  But the more and more I thought about it, it just felt right.  If you think about it, doesn’t it sound like something that I would do? 

I can’t say that I was all that enthused about my nomination when I first got it back in November.  I had really wanted to go to Latin America so that I could become fluent in Spanish, but mostly I didn’t want to go anywhere cold.  And though I was being considered for only business-related projects because of my past experience, I expressed interest in health or environment projects instead.  What did I get?  A business project somewhere cold.  But now that I’ve done more research about Bulgaria and gotten more info from current and returned Peace Corps volunteers, I am really looking forward to it.  With Bulgaria eligible to join the EU in 2007, it seems like a very exciting time to be there.

I have just 2 more weeks of work left and then 4 weeks after that to pack, take care of all my business, and say goodbye to my friends and family.  I’m starting to get a bit nervous now that it’s become a reality, but I guess that’s natural.

On another note, I’ve now had several people tell me that I’ve lost a lot of weight.  Was I really that much of a fatass before?  I don’t think I look THAT different.