Swearing In Day and the All Volunteer Conference...
5-12-10
So today I officially became a Peace Corps volunteer. Woo. Before I was only pretending but now I'm a real boy! Haha. Today was definitely very interesting, we sang the national anthems for both countries, introduced ourselves yet again and then got these cool pins. I definitely liked all the support from the past volunteers there to cheer us on and even my hermana showed up to wish me luck. Celebrated at the car wash cause that's the only way to celebrate a graduation; at a car wash. Haha. Interesting stats for our group was 1. None of us ET'd (early terminated) which is great! and 2. We are all at a level 5 or above in spanish (you need a 5 in order to be a volunteer). Also I've heard we are one of the best looking groups in the DR, hells yeah. Congrats to all my fellow volunteers, we rock.
All Volunteer Conference was fun. Full of awkward conversations but still fun. You basically meet all the volunteers that are already in the country, learn about any projects or groups you might be interested in joining (theres lots for me!) and check out other volunteers for future dating purposes. Haha. Okay so the last one I've heard is what happens at these junctions. Not gonna say if I participated. :)
Anywho I learned about this group called the Gringo Grita who write a biannual magazine for all volunteers and I am very anxious to be on the staff. It sounds like the sweetest group in PC and I really want to design it and make it my own. Hopefully this will be one of my new projects if they pick me. Crossing my fingers. After the conference, we all headed for the PC prom which wasn't at all what I thought it was going to be. Oh well, I bought a nice dress and shoes which I didn't even wear but whatever I still had fun and possibly made a fool of myself. It's always funny when you see people the next day who just smile at you and say "How are you feeling?". It's like Good, was I an idiot last night? Haha. Too much fun stuff.
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