Nine Days Left in Gasera

I haven't written a normal blog post in a while so I figured I should post something about the end of time at site.  It really, really snuck up on me.  I was walking home yesterday and thinking about when I needed to pay my last rent.  Then I realized that the thirtieth was only two days away.  Then I calculated that I only had nine days left at site.  I literally stopped walking in the middle of the street for a minute while it sank it.  So this week I have been legit getting ready to go.  I have gone through my things twice already to start giving stuff away.  I have closed my post office box, and am making arrangments for my furniture to go to new homes.  I even have packed the cloths that I am taking with me to India that way I don't have to wash many cloths next week.  Everyone is still saying how we have to have going away parties, but if they don't start soon I am going to have to go to three or four parties in one day.  With all the speeches they are going to want to do it will be a very long day. 

This week I am going to say goodbye to my Phillipino friends in Goba, and try to put the final touches on my India trip.  I actually managed to get on FB because we figured out that we could use the Opera Mini app and it would still go through so I have been watching my friends start to leave this week.  It makes me sad that I will never get to see all of G10 again in one place.  I don't care what any other group says, there is no doubt in my mind that G10 was the best PC group ever. 

I can't wait to move on, but I am really starting to get to the sad for leaving stage that comes with leaving all the Ethiopian and Peace Corps friends I have made.  Now if only Whatsapp would start working again so we can communicate when I leave.

To all my friends, coworkers, and new family I have made.  I will miss you, and always have a special place in my heart for you.  While I doubt I will even visit Ethiopia again, I will always have a place for you to crash it you ever make it to America.