Monday, February 27, 2012

Farewell to Family and Friends

I go to staging tomorrow...It's insane how quickly days go by when as you get closer to your goal... and how slowly they seemed to be going by this last year...
Saturday I had a going away party.  It was amazing and it really meant a lot to be to be able to say good bye to everyone, and have one last shin dig...
Today I finished packing and took care of some last minute things... like my absentee ballot info  (goodness knows I don't want to be part of the reason Romney gets into office...)  I also went out to dinner with my family... It was a little emotional, my mom has been crying all day.  I've also been kind of overwhelmed with emotions.  I'm extremely excited, really scared, nervous, happy, and anxious all at the same time.  I know I'm really going to miss everyone, I always do.

I've been truly blessed with amazing family and friends.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Intro to me

Personal info:
My name is Kristie Jacobs and I'm 24 years old.  I'm writing this blog to help document my Peace Corps experience in the Dominican Republic.  I was nominated to do environmental development work.  I'm set to leave of February 28, which is in 8 days.  I'm really excited and nervous.  So to get started I guess I'll list some things I'm going to miss while I'm away...

  • My family...winding down after work with my parents and brother...
  • Evenings with my friends...Chilling with Feiven and Travis in Fairfax... Getting Mexican food with Jon and Jessica... I already miss Alana!  I'm going miss so many more friends.
  • Baby... my dog
  • Being able to take hot showers... I have the feeling I'm going to miss that.
I'm sure I'm going to miss a lot more, but the things I always miss the most when I'm away from home are my friends and family.