Blogging Laziness

Yes, I know. My blog is sparse when it comes to recent updates. There is something about sitting down and writing about everything that's going on that is just completely overwhelming, so I've just avoided it altogether. Oops. So although I finally overcame my procrastination on updating this, there is just too much to write, and quite frankly, I have books to read, news to catch up on and projects to plan. So I'll keep it brief:

*My International Women's Day event was absolutely amazing. HUGE success. The girls had a blast, the teachers had fun, and my face hurt from smiling so much. It totally gave me the feel-good warm fuzzies.

*Camp GLOW is this Friday-Sunday! We had our training of the trainers meeting on Sunday morning, and all of our Kmai counterparts got to meet each other, go through the schedule and get things clarified. We have 5 counterparts (each of us picked one woman who we thought would be good to conduct sessions and chaperon the girls) and we have a former LCF (language cultural facilitator) from our Peace Corps training days, Vanny, as our main Kmai liaison and leader for the event. She is absolutely awesome and we are really lucky that she agreed to help us. Those three days are jam packed and I am imagining things are going to be hectic, but awesome. I can't even properly describe all the planning that has gone into this; from writing the proposal back in September to making reservations to invitations to gathering supplies to getting t-shirts printed and all of the other little details that we have had to iron out. It's essentially my last BIG project and definitely the most arduous one. But what better way to end my Peace Corps service? Gotta finish on a high note.

*I'm heading to Sumatra, Indonesia April 1st-14th with 6 friends from Peace Corps. We are sticking to the north and going to hike up some volcanoes, see some orangutans, and visit the largest lake in Southeast Asia (Lake Toba), home to the Batak people who were cannibals up until the 20th century! Should be a much needed vacation full of trekking, good food, great friends and relaxation.

*I have less than 4 months in the Bode. Someone please tell me where all the time went? And damn, 2 years is a long time to live in a place like this. The various extreme Cambodian elements (heat, SUN, dirt) have definitely taken their toll...