It's another stretch of holidays here. Today is young men's day. Tuesday is Victory Day. Thursday is something else day. I'm sure Satuday will be another holiday... I joke I joke. It really si a holiday today and Tuesday. My director gave me the day off, even though I didn't ask for it, or really want it, on Wednesday so that I could come to the city and watch the celebration on Tuesday evening. My host family is coming to the city also. I'm guessing the school will be pretty empty of students and teachers on the 10th.
We lost a volunteer in our oblast this past weekend, compliments of a bad decision and another volunteer who like to have a brown nose. The program here is riddled now with holes, compliments of same brown noser. There were about 10 or a dozen volunteers sent home after an investigation. Details will not be forthcoming so don't hold your breath. Our volunteer (if you read this you know who you are) will be missed by volunteers and locals alike. She is a wonderful person. She was passionate about her work here, and she is passionate about life and what she wants to do. She was willing to stay in country and continue her work without the support of PC. She would have been paying out of her own pocket. This is dedication. I hope the brown noser gets screwed in life the same way that he screwed over the 10 or 12 people here. He'll deserve every bit of suffering that he gets.
In other news, I have decided not to go to Ireland. For those of you who knew and know, I was going to stop in Ireland on my way back from here. I changed my mind. I would rather see my brother. My brother has been in Iraq since, I think, October 2005. He will get a vacation 28 May to 12 June. 12 June was when I was to get back from Ireland. I decided to save the money from Ireland, go home and see him
Instead of Ireland, I will spend the money on a trip of the States to see friends and family. Before I left, I put about 4 or 5 thousand miles on my motorcyle in about a month. I want to do more, in a more fulfilling manner. I hope to take the money from my readjustment allowance, which won't be much, and spend about 2 months on the road. I will start in Illinois and try to stop in the following states, Maybe...Ohio, New York, Vermont, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Lousiana, Texas, Washington, Montana, and Wisconsin. It will depend on many factors, the least of which is not money. I figure it will make up for the two years that I haven't been on a motorcycle. Most of the time, if not all of ot, I will be two lane highway riding. I also want to try and hook up with a volunteer agency when I go through the New Orleans area (if anyone knows of one down there).
Past that, I have no plans. I am thinking about grad school. I think I have mentioned this before. I reckon I will have to work at some point. I don't know where I'll live or anything like that. What a plan.
Leave me a line, send me an email, or give me a call. Tell me what to prepare myself for. I have seen on the news here that gas is at $3.20/gal in some places. I can think back to high school, which wasn't all that long ago, when it was 87 cents.
Take care out there all y'all.