Staging

Today started off a little rocky. This will come as no shock to those who know me well, but I started off the morning ( at 5:00AM) not feeling so hot. I hopped on my rather delayed flight to San Francisco as a ball of nerves. Upon arrival I soon discovered that myflight included not only Kellee (the other PC volunteer from Olympia) but also 4 other volunteers from the Seattle area. This helped to ease my anxiety a bit.

The remainder of the day, after checking into my room, involved paperwork and general orientation until around 7:00pm. After the initial ice breaker and policy stuff I joined 3 other volunteers for our last dinner in the US of A at a nice little Italian place several blocks from our hotel. We enjoyed some pasta and wine and the entertainment of the very friendly owner of the restaurant. He seemed to find our upcoming adventures exciting and rewarded us accordinly with extra food and drink. What more could you ask for on your last night!? We then joined another group of volunteers and did our best to take full advantage of our last night in our home country.

I feel fortunate to be here with a group of people that I have connected with quickly and am excited for the adventure to come (though I will no doubt be sick over it again at some point in the near future!)

Not a bad way to end a day with a less than promising beginning :)

Tomorrow we begin the journey to Cambodia.