Vay-Kay

We've been unemployed for a week now. Loving it! Right now we're in Portland visiting various people. Last night we met up with a few other people going to Azerbaijan next month. It was great to meet other people who are feeling the same excitement and anxiety that we are. I think it's neat that there are so many Pacific Northwesterners in our group. It will be good to have some shared experiences with other volunteers.

Tomorrow we head down to Huntington Beach for a few days. I can't wait to go to Disneyland!!!

Our Itinerary

Here's where we are going to be, in case anyone wants to get ahold of us in the next month:

May 22: Carolyn's last day of work!
May 23: Jesse's last day of work!
May 22-26: Eugene hanging out with Kenton and Katrina
May 26-28: Albany with the grandparents and Jesse's Parents
May 28-June 1: Portland with Granny, Uncle Steve and Aunt Kim, Aaron, Maybe Rayne, meeting up with some other AZ5 recruits
June 1-5: Huntington Beach with Nancy, Micheal, Mallory and Disneyland!
June 5-8: Concord/Oakland with the Gallagher clan & Annie
June 8-11: Roseburg with Jesse's parents
June 11-14: Eugene with Carolyn's grandma
June 14-18: Eugene with Dave and Deena
June 18-22: Eugene with Steve and Debbie
June 23: Depart Eugene for staging in Philly!
June 25-26: Depart for Azerbaijan!

Yikes, it's all coming so fast!!

Aspiration Statement

We got to this a bit late, but it's done. From what I've read of other people's aspiration statements mine is a bit sparse, but we've already been accepted so really I'm just trying to give the country directors an idea of what I'm all about.

Here it is if you want to look over it: Jesse's Aspiration Statement

Packing, Packing, Packing....

So we are all moved out of our apartment and moved into the storage unit & garage. We still have to pack our stuff out of the garage and into the attic before we leave but it is pretty much organized into boxes. We have also started packing to go to Azerbaijan, putting some stuff into our luggage that will sit until we leave (snow boots and the like). However, we have made a list of stuff that we are taking over with us based upon the official list and the unofficial list made by RPCV.

Our list is here: Packing list.xls

and the other list is here: AZ Packing list.doc

Hopefully this helps anyone else who is trying to pack, especially married couples!