Staging

well, this is the first and only day of staging. Tomorrow we leave for Elbasan, Albania. Everyone in my training group is very interesting and extremely interested in getting to know eachother. We spent the day learnig about our trip and what to expect when we arive in Albania. I dont know when I will get to write on this again so I will try to add every detail I have the energy and time to extend. It seams like most of the other volunteers have the same worries as I do and we are continually learning how to adapt to the intricacies of a beurocratic organization. Owe ya excuse the misspellings throughout this because I have little time and my spelling is just plain bad in general, but I guesse that doesnt matter since my new main language isnt english. After staging we all went to dinner and then for dirnks and conversation at a really cool irish pub in Philly. there are 34 of us who leave for Albania tomorrow in three different project groups: Health education, Teaching English as a Foreighn Language, and Community Organization Developement. I was worried at first that i was not quite qualified to assist in communtiy developement but after speaking to some of the other younger volunteers, we all kinda share the same anxieties. Well, i really better go to bed, tomorrow is a long day, we leave Philly at 9ish and arrive at the airport at noon, then we dont leave JFK until 6ish. the ride is about 15 hours befor we arive in Elbasan. We arrive at noon in Elbasan and then we have a welcome dinner to intoduce us to PC (Peace Corps) staff and host country staff (politicians and such), so exciting. well i better go to bed and enjoy the last bit of American TV that i can.