Staging and PST

I'm almost completely packed and am pretty much ready to go, my last big project is putting videos on my new, shiny 160G ipod! Thank you so much Lys, Aris, Sharon, Amy, Diep!

I cut off most of my hair (www.locksoflove.org) and then enjoyed the surprised looks from friends and family :) I also went on a last trip to NYC (being in an airpot does not count as being in that city) and had a wonderful time; lots of good food, good friends, and good memories. Sad goodbyes, too, but I wont dwell on that. I was able to see so many people -- thank you thank you for making time for me! Plus, I WENT TO A TAPING OF THE COLBERT REPORT.



Staging (US training) begins in the afternoon of Sunday September 14, and then I fly out of JFK with all of the other PCVs (Peace Corps Volunteers) the evening of Tuesday September 16. I'll have my 3 months of training in an unknown location, but during which I can receive mail at the address below:

Julia Meyer/PCT
c/o Peace Corps Director
P.O.Box 9123
Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania

I don't think I'll be in Dar, but PC staff will make sure any mail gets to me, so feel free to send away :) Thanks to my generous HS teachers and parents, I know I will be receiving textbooks for any class I could be asked to teach -- the books include conceptual physics, lab manuals that don't require many supplies, chemistry, geology, physiology, astronomy, biology, anatomy, algebra 1, algebra 2, geometry, pre-calculus, and calculus. I carried a big box plus a full bag down 3 flights of stairs and across the school. Then I asked my mom to pick me up right where I was so I wouldn't have to walk an extra half a block.

I'll have my phone right up until I get on the plane, so give me a call if you'd like to talk before 2011!