UGH!  This blog is a pain in my butt! And June, dear sweet present June. June brought my birthday…a rather uneventful one I might add. I spent it at home with a couple of friends. We listened to music and read magazines while I drank hotty-totties alone. I think that’s a sign of getting old [...]

So…this is like my 5th attempt…holy sh**! May…what happened to May? May flew by. Unfortunately, time is flying by. Any who, I started teaching a Life skills class with Leeza. She’s a volunteer that lives 15 minutes away and has become a fantastic friend. So we’re teaching grades 6 and 7. The kids are amazing! [...]

So…I had to do it in 2 parts, LOL.  What a headache… April, Happy Easter. Oh, Easter was an easy Sunday spent with a friend. That’s all I really have to say about that. I went ahead and half way filled out the grant application and attempted to submit it. Of course, it wasn’t even looked [...]

     Its officially been 6 months since I’ve written on the bloggy blog. Shame! As usual, this will be stupid long; Enjoy!!  Lets see, where did I leave off. Durban…haven’t had a vacation since…In January we had All Vol. Its one weekend a year when all the PC Lesotho volunteers come together. We review policies [...]

Durban- holy shit!  Let me just get right into it.  Barb, Kristine Melissa and I went to Durban, South Africa on Dec. 29th.  It took about 5 hours on public transport.  we stayed the first few nights, until the 2nd, at a hostel called Anstey’s.  It’s right across from the ocean and about 30 minutes [...]

December was all over the place.  I took part on an UN Conference on Trade and Development.  I had an excellent x-mas and a crazy new year…and said good bye to some good friends           I went to this UN Conference on behalf of my weavers.  It lasted 3 days and was really informative.  I met [...]

I know, I know…I am not doing very good with this whole blog thing- but here are some updates- from November to today- Enjoy!!         So as promised, I ventured out of Lesotho for the first time on November 8th!  My friends took me to an amazing park in South Africa called Golden Gate.  I’ve attached some [...]

Quick update, since I wrote that last blog a few weeks ago… In 4 days I will be free from Phase II of my PC service. Phase II, also known as “integration”, consisted of the first 3 months of my service. Basically during this time I was to settle in and integrate with my community. [...]

Ok, wow, it feels like its been so long. I’ve been kind of busy so here’s the update. A couple of weeks ago, I went to a  pre=”a “>Lioli game, a couple PC parties, the Morija Cultural Festival, I taught a class about HIV/Aids, and planted a garden. The Lioli (dee-o-dee) game was crazy! Lioli is the [...]

I hope you all are ready for this one…its gonna be a douzy! So, it’s been a fantastic 6 weeks at site. And I have some more pics to post J. Since the last time, let’s see, I’ve had an extremely successful meeting with my weavers, spent time with friends, prepared my garden for planting, [...]

So i’ve been at my permanent site for 3 weeks now. This place is great! Being done with training brings such a feeling of freedom. Ahh, i can breathe. I have my own space and well, everday is Saturday . I live with a wonderful family; the Mashenene’s and my house is one room [...]

OK folks…i think this is all for now. its taken forever but hopefully you will enjoy a little peek in my new world. i will work on getting some current pics of my house and community; love you all , miss you and ttys OH and i guess if you [...]

ok, so i only got 2 for now…it took forver and they are kind of small…i will work more on this but for now at least you can see my group

Hey everyone! i am an official peace corps volunteer now We had our swearing-in ceremony last wednesday and it was great! the first lady (prime minister’s wife) spoke and was the guest of honor. Another quick news brief, i did very well on my Sesotho nlanguage test and actually [...]

So i have found out where i will be living for the next 2 years. It is in the Berea district and it is about a 20 minute walk from the camptown- the camptown is called TY (well, the name is a lot longer, but that is what everyone else calls it). i [...]

We took a filed trip on Saturday to Thaba Bosiu. It is the place where King Moshoeshoe founded the Basotho. He hiked there for 9 days and set up his post. Another absolutely amazing site. We hiked another mini-mountain, listened to some history and enjoyed spectacular views. I really cant [...]

Since its been a while and i’ve been pretty busy, this will be a pretty long one- sorry in advance. 1st topic- 1st taxi/ kombi (like a van) ride: Here’s the scene: there is like 16 or 17 people in a shoddy van that holds about 11 and i am sitting next to a [...]