Yesterday I made my plane reservations to Washington D.C. for my Peace Corps Training. Due the the miracle that is cross-country flight and a difference of three time zones, I must now leave on June 12th - 1pm to be exact. While I am sad to leave my dear family a day early, lengthening my first trip to this nation's capital by a half day will be great. I have grand plans of walking the Capital Mall, seeing all sorts of memorials, and locating one last free wi-fi hotspot before hopping on a plane to Belize City. The best part is that I will have spent more time traveling from Spokane to Washington D.C. then it will take me to get to Belize, a mere 5 hours from the U.S. capital to Belize's.
With only 25 days left, final preparations include getting a new license, seeing the dentist, shopping, packing, and giving a whole bunch of stuff away. Not to mention this thing called school that still consumes most of my free minutes. Saying goodbye to friends is starting to become real and all the little things that I enjoy now I am beginning to realize are soon going to be luxuries or non-entities: morning double tall americano, Trader Joe's, walking on the Burke-Gilman with the entire skyline of Seattle in view, quality beer, cell-phone, well-stocked library, and many many more things. So of course I am now consuming too much coffee, beer and organics while spending as much time outside reading and on the phone as possible.
