running low

So I am once again a week away from departure. I have been really busy working and seeing friends and family. Work tires me out which leaves little energy to learn about the land and culture that I will soon be immersed in. This bothers me a little but I am not sweating it to much. I guess I just assume that the important things will be taught to me in training or on the fly. I talked to a fellow Mankatoan, Eric, who is in Tanzania teaching with the Peace Corps. He had positive things to say and that that eased some of the tension that has been building in the past few weeks. I feel like I am ready for the challenge. I am ready to learn, ready to test my skills, ready to experience, ready to succeed, ready to help. A trip to Wal-Mart and as I browsed through the electronics section a video of the sherengheti played. Almost surreal.
The last couple weeks since my last post have been fun. Another canoe trip, this time down the low waters of the Blue Earth River. Rapids and rocks everywhere and Tom and I wrapped his canoe around a rock crushing the fiberglass hull. It was fun though. I love being on the water, charting paths around obstacles and it makes it better being with friends who enjoy being there as well. Days on the lake, absorbing sun and taking dips in the chilly waters. A friends wedding was my last real chance to see all of my high school friends. It was a blast. Drinking and dancing the night away. I would have fun doing almost anything with these people. Hopefully I wont miss to many of those opportunities in the next 2 years. If it seems that I am short on words that would be accurate. I think that talking about my future for the past couple days has left me....