Hello again,
I was on here before but I am back because my SO and I are about to have our second LDR. I was serving in Peace Corps in Jordan from October 2014 until our post was evacuated in March 2015. Peace Corps is meant to be a 27 month service so my SO and I closed our distance a bit early and under really straining circumstances. In my time home, he's been amazing. I slowly came to realize I wanted the full 27 month experience but was nervous about approaching it with him. When I finally did, he helped me write my reapplication letter. As an evacuee I got priority status in reapplying and chose to go to Colombia this time.
I leave tomorrow and I am dreading saying goodbye again. But he's simply amazing. At no point has he asked me to reconsider, and the times I have - he's been the one to talk me through it - reminded me why I want to do what I'm doing. I simply couldn't have asked for more.
In Jordan we were lucky because unlike a lot of PC posts I had regular access to internet and whatsapp on the phone. Colombia is a big question mark - I am not sure what kind of access most volunteers have though my stepdad has said he'll keep my cell phone active for a few months since I get free texting and internet via TMobile (it won't be the full 27 though).
The upside is, it will be a lot less expensive for him to come visit my post in Colombia than it was going to be while I was in Jordan - not to mention it was a logistical nightmare in Jordan since as unmarried opposite gendered individuals we would not have been allowed alone together (bear in mind - in Peace Corps, you're expected to live as a local, not an expat - so cultural mores are applied to PCVs and your reputation in the village is essential to your ability to do your job - so an expat would probably get away with it in Amman but the small village I'm in would not have appreciated it). So there are some upsides.
Anyway, I don't know how I'm going to say goodbye again. I know that he supports me and that he'll be there for me - but it's so hard.
He points out "you weren't supposed to be here at all - this is unexpected bonus time together and I don't take that for granted."
The other night we celebrated the holidays that we were going to be missing while I'm in Peace Corps. Got a hotel and decorated the room with each holiday, bought a cake and wrote "Happy 27th 28th TJ 29th 30th Carrie" for our birthdays, flowers chocolate and wine for valentine's day and a Christmas tree and wreath for Christmas. It was super sweet.
I was on here before but I am back because my SO and I are about to have our second LDR. I was serving in Peace Corps in Jordan from October 2014 until our post was evacuated in March 2015. Peace Corps is meant to be a 27 month service so my SO and I closed our distance a bit early and under really straining circumstances. In my time home, he's been amazing. I slowly came to realize I wanted the full 27 month experience but was nervous about approaching it with him. When I finally did, he helped me write my reapplication letter. As an evacuee I got priority status in reapplying and chose to go to Colombia this time.
I leave tomorrow and I am dreading saying goodbye again. But he's simply amazing. At no point has he asked me to reconsider, and the times I have - he's been the one to talk me through it - reminded me why I want to do what I'm doing. I simply couldn't have asked for more.
In Jordan we were lucky because unlike a lot of PC posts I had regular access to internet and whatsapp on the phone. Colombia is a big question mark - I am not sure what kind of access most volunteers have though my stepdad has said he'll keep my cell phone active for a few months since I get free texting and internet via TMobile (it won't be the full 27 though).
The upside is, it will be a lot less expensive for him to come visit my post in Colombia than it was going to be while I was in Jordan - not to mention it was a logistical nightmare in Jordan since as unmarried opposite gendered individuals we would not have been allowed alone together (bear in mind - in Peace Corps, you're expected to live as a local, not an expat - so cultural mores are applied to PCVs and your reputation in the village is essential to your ability to do your job - so an expat would probably get away with it in Amman but the small village I'm in would not have appreciated it). So there are some upsides.
Anyway, I don't know how I'm going to say goodbye again. I know that he supports me and that he'll be there for me - but it's so hard.
He points out "you weren't supposed to be here at all - this is unexpected bonus time together and I don't take that for granted."
The other night we celebrated the holidays that we were going to be missing while I'm in Peace Corps. Got a hotel and decorated the room with each holiday, bought a cake and wrote "Happy 27th 28th TJ 29th 30th Carrie" for our birthdays, flowers chocolate and wine for valentine's day and a Christmas tree and wreath for Christmas. It was super sweet.
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