It begins.

I have been thinking for many weeks that I wanted to create a blog that would fulfill a few goals. These are the goals I have thought of so far.

Goal A: to not fill these windows with uninterrupted and stifling navel-gazing. 

Goal B: to keep everyone interested in my travels, thoughts, and doings updated.

Goal C: to actually update this blog on a somewhat regular basis. 

Goal D: to promote some self-reflection on my actions during my volunteer service for Peace Corps Morocco, which will be useful in understanding myself and my teaching methods.

Goal E: to promote a written culture exchange/ help understand culture, both American and Moroccan. 

 I have been putting off making a blog because I could not think of a proper title until now...and even the one I have chosen now may or may not stay. Oh, self-hood, you fickle thing you. 

So here's the meat of this entry: 

I leave September 12th for Philadelphia. I do an intense safety/paperwork/welcome to the Peace Corps- here are your 65 new Peace Corps coworkers-seminar for two days. 

I fly out to Morocco on the 14th where I'll be in Rabat for a few days, then the whole group breaks into small groups and get sent out all over the country for small group training for three months. During training we will go through intensive language and technical training for 6 days a week and live with a host family. Provided trainees can make it through the training (9/10 do) we get sworn in on November 24th and go to our permanent site and new host family on November 25th, marking the beginning of our two year service. 

That in, brief, is how my life will look for the next couple of months. That's it for now, on to more language learning!

And here's your daily Latin quote from the Douay-Rheims Bible: 

"Patientia autem opus perfectum habeat ut sitis perfecti et integri in nullo deficientes."

"And patience hath a perfect work: that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing." James 1:4