JFK You are correct.

"Life in the Peace Corps will not be easy. There will be no salary and allowances will be at a level sufficient only to maintain health and meet basic needs. Men and women will be expected to work and live alongside the nationals of the country in which they are stationed—doing the same work, eating the same food, talking the same language.

But if the life will not be easy, it will be rich and satisfying. For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps—who works in a foreign land—will know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life which is the foundation of freedom and a condition of peace."

John F. Kennedy 1961 - 1963

I am so incredibly excited to be a Peace Corps volunteer. I am also nervous- nervous that I will not be able to make it through the entire 2 years, nervous that I will wake up one morning with a spider laying eggs under my skin, nervous that I will miss out on babies and weddings and graduations and parties...But as JFK says, PC life and really life in general is not going to be easy. It is not possible to complete every task you attempt and it is not possible to attend every party you are invited to. There will be many times in the next 2 years when I will be homesick, lonely, angry, scared etc...but there will hopefully be 1000 times as many moments when I will be excited, amazed, proud and overwhelmed with emotion. This is something that although, honestly it makes me want to freak out thinking about how long 2 years and 3 months is, I am so ready to do. 1 year from this January I will have been living in whatever country I am going to for 1 whole year, leaving me with 15 months left. That doesn't sound like a long time at all. Hopefully through this blog, facebook, email, skype and maybe even a few visits (me to home and some of you to me), I will be able to stay in touch with everyone. I know this post seems like it should be coming the week or day before I leave, but it's how I am feeling right now, so suck it up and keep reading my blog.