Merry Christmas

I know when I was first considering joining the Peace Corps I checked out a lot of volunteer blogs so I want to document these early phases as much as possible to help other applicants.

I received my official invite in the mail about a week ago. Following my invite I was required to submit an aspiration statement, which I sent in a couple days ago. I also just finished all the paperwork for my passport, which I will submit on the 27^th of December. I wasn’t able to file online because this is my first passport. I am considering expediting shipment just to ensure that it gets in on time. Overall I have been pretty on top of everything and I think this part of the process is the most important for getting stuff in on time. The whole process has been hurry up and wait so its logical that this section would be the same.

I have been following the weather in Kyiv lately and the temperature today is 30 degrees F, which is actually quite warm for this time of year. It has been in the low teens the last couple weeks and dropped to -9 F at one point. 

Let me paint a picture for you: I have lived in California, Arizona and Texas. I did spend one year in Washington state but for 24 of my years on this planet I have enjoyed beautiful weather. This is gonna be a huge change and I just hope Im ready for this. I outfitted myself with some winter clothes so I don’t die but I seriously need to read up on layering.

Merry Christmas ya filthy animals