Month of Chaos

Where do I even begin? Home was both a blessing and curse and since so much happened I'm gonna try to remember everything that happened. Well the first week was actually great, I got home, ate junk food, hung out with my friends, read to my moms kindergarten class and generally enjoyed vacation. The second week however is when the chaos began. As planned me and my parents drove to Washington DC to see some grad schools that interested me. The schools were pretty neat but not really what I am looking for but still worth going to visit. Anyways on the drive back, I start getting text messages from my friends asking me if I was going to KG, had I heard what happened, is everything ok, will I be going back. This was surprising to me to say the least because in the modern era of technology, I nor my parents had anyway of confirming what was happening in KG. So I ended up calling one of my best buds (shout out to Adam Hirsh) and asking him to read me any articles on KG from the New York Times website. Since I am still stateside as of the time of this blog I still have no clear picture of what went on. All I know is that PC told me to stay put until further notice. Instantly my world was turned upside down, my vacation went from relaxing to extremely stressful. Between worrying about my friends, my local volunteers at the UN, my apartment, and my future it was rough to say the least. Honestly without the support of my fam and friends back home, it would have been way worse. Adding to the stress was the conflicting reports of what was going on between the media, my friends and workmates in KG, and Peace Corps, this is not anyones fault just the nature of what happened. Everyone had a different perspective and were all trying to process a very complex and constantly changing situation. Now although I was on an emotional roller coaster for 3 weeks the extra time that I was allotted enabled me to spend more time with my family and friends, as well as buy new clothes, laptop, prepare some surprises for my fellow volunteers in Osh and time to think and contemplate my next move after PC. So I guess all in all it wasn't horrible being home for an extended period but my life is in KG and so is my heart for that matter (hahaha at least for now) Anyways I'm posting some pictures with this blog so that its not all text. The first one is my watch showing how long (in hours lol) I was traveling for from Osh to Cleveland, and the second is my first and last meal in the US. ;-)

-Peace