For those of you playing along at home....

So I leave for the Peace Corps three months from today! Yikes!

“What is Kelly doing for her last three months in the states?” you ask yourself. Answer: nothing.

What???

Ok, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but that’s how I feel about the past few weeks. I have all sorts of lists made and trips planned, but none of it relates to the month of March. On top of which, my parents are traveling so much for work I think they might have forgotten where the house is. I knew we had a problem when I found my dad walking down the street with a rolling suitcase, knocking on doors until he found someone he recognized.

Hmm….now I’m lying and I’ve forgotten what I’m talking about….

I think the truth is that I’m just not sure how to handle free time. How very American of me, right? I actually have a fairly acceptable reason to not have a steady job right now and I can’t stop beating myself up about it. Isn’t this what we dream about when we do have jobs? So that’s my goal for this month: Enjoy the fact that my to-do list only takes a few hours to complete and then find ways to enjoy Athens while I’m still here.

Before you ask: Yes, you all have the right to throw this back in my face when I get to Peru and have to learn how to do things like sleep and brush my teeth simultaneously just to save time.