Party Time Pickle!

So we all went to a fancy pants reception and swearing in party, but what should your first actions as a Peace Corps Volunteer be? Well, party of course! After the reception we went out on the town, got some food, and hung out in the area of Casco Viejo in Panama City for the night. It was a lot of fun filled with some good food, dancing, and even an hour of rollerblading down a bike/run/rollerblade path. The next morning, way too early in the morning, we packed up our things and left the dorms at the office and headed to our last hoorah, a night at a beach called Playa Malibu near Gorgona, or something like that. Basically all 50 of us (or very near it, I think 2 or 3 didn't join) went and stayed at a hostel on the beach and hung out for the day and night. It was a blast and unfortunately too fun/short for me to get a lot of photos. It was hanging out with people as much as I could and no time to step back and snap some photos so for that I almost apologize. Only almost because I regret not having the photos to share, but I do not regret spending all my time with my friends. The morning after the beach day we slowly said goodbye to our friends as they loaded up in taxis to start their journeys to their sites. I will go ahead and admit that this was a pretty sad morning. Best case scenario we will see each other again at the beginning of December, worst case scenario we see each other again middle of January. This doesn't seem like too long, but when your friendships were forged through being in a tight-knit community together all the time for 10 weeks straight it is quite a long time without seeing each other. Well now that the party is all over I find myself waiting in anticipation of arriving at my site. We only have a couple days a week that the boat runs in and out of Taimati, and I have to wait until Thursday in Meteti for the boat to arrive. Here I wait in eager anticipation of the journey that lies ahead of me. I know that there will be lots of ups and downs, but it will be an experience that helps shape my life and I am happy to have the chance to go through it. So here we go I suppose!