1-Being able to speak for a whole week in
fast English is amazing
2-I am beginning to lose my pop culture
references (my brain is actually being taken up with useful information now)
3-Food in Addis (well firenji food) is more
than triple the price of Ethiopian food at site
4-One of the best feelings in the world is
crawling into a comfy bed after a long day of training and dinner out in Addis
5-Knowing Tigrinia is great when you live in
Tigray, but unhelpful once you get to Addis and everyone speaks Amharic
6-Always bring bags that have extra room
when you go to Peace Corps trainings, I about doubled my amount of stuff with
books and materials given
7-It’s interesting to hear others stories
from their first 3 months at site and realizing most challenges are the same
for everyone
8-Staying in and watching a movie with
friends is more enjoyable than going out- there is nothing to regret in the
morning
9-Being in country is tough and some people
can’t handle it. That’s ok. It’s not a shame if you go home because you aren’t
happy
10-There are so many cool opportunities to
be a part of from Peace Corps in your community- including camps, contests, and
trainings
11-After being in site for 3 months,
everyone became more cynical about life
12-When a store tells you they will order
something, call to make sure they actually do instead of just assuming they
will, or else they won’t have it when you come in for a computer battery that
you desperately need
13-PCVs can have entire conversations in not
proper English or full sentences and still completely understand what is going
on
14-After 3 months at site, our version of
dressing up professionally is more about which clothes don’t have stains or
dirt on them
15-Computer virus’s spread quicker than anything
else, and Kacey K is our miracle computer healer and wiz
16-We get very competitive with games in
sessions
17-Sometimes a listening ear and a smiling
face is all someone needs to see to make their day better
18-There is ice in Ethiopia, you just have
to go to Addis to find it
19-Wifi at Ghion hotel works great, until 59
Peace Corps volunteers all try to get on at the same time
20-It is possible to strain a foot muscle
when walking around Addis for 2 hours at night with all your stuff trying to find
your hotel from the airport
21-Addis water tastes disgusting, Adwa has
the best water
22-Getting stuff off other people’s
harddrives is still amazing—gotta love getting all of Grey’s Anatomy and at
least 100 TED talks
23-Sometimes the people you were close to
during PST become distant friends based off of geographical region, but it’s ok
because there are plenty of people to hang out with
24-It’s seriously the little things in life-
like sliced bread with butter, bacon, ice cream, big cups of buna, and cool
mornings
25-Unless something changes, I won’t see the
rest of my group until October for our MST (mid service training), meaning we
are on our own until then
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