Home for the Holidays

It has been awhile since I have posted.

In June, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce decided to cancel the agreement with Peace Corps for the CED (Community and Economic Development) of which I was a volunteer. After almost four months, this was clarified to mean that we needed to leave the country by the end of the year. So, I will be ending my service six months early and will be heading to Michigan to spend the holidays with my mother, my sister and her family. Then I plan to head to Seattle.

In the meantime, I have made a couple of changes to ease/begin my transition back to the States.

First, I cut my hair. Just about a year ago, I had about three inches cut off my hair. At the time I thought that that would be my only haircut. At the end of September, I visited a friend and her family in Belgrade. I went to her stylist and got a shorter doo. The direction was to go for a more modern hair style, which I believe was accomplished.

Before

After - same lovely pajama top 

Second, I have moved back in with my host family. Story is a little to long to tell, but I asked if I could come back for the last month and a half and I was welcomed with opened arms. So, yesterday I walked my stuff back across the street and down three houses. There are many benefits, not the least spending more time with my family. An added bonus is that I now have reliable internet that is on 24/7.



However, my beautiful view of the lake is shrinking. The government has decided to fill the lake in and so it is shrinking on a daily basis. The current plan is that it will become a park with a culture center. I will not be here long enough to see. The ducks don't like the change.


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