Greetings from a long forgotten time

I know, I've seriously neglected my duties in keeping up with this blog. Habit I guess. I am great at starting things. I am enthusiastic and eager, and the routine settles in and it just isn't quite as much fun as it used to be, and yes, I am talking both about the blog as well as my time here.

Don't get me wrong. I would hate to give anyone a wrong impression of this experience. I wouldn't trade it for anything. It has been so eye-opening both in my own personal development, as well as a bigger world that I've only ever seen through rose-colored glasses. Life here has just become life, it just happens to be in Rwanda. Routine and habit have become day to day companions like anyone else's life. Therefore, it is sometimes difficult to weed out the 'experience' from the general living. People ask me if I like being here. After one year, yeah I still like being here. It is frustrating more often that I thought it would be and I still feel so unaccomplished, but that doesn't make this a bad experience. Just different. Any semblance to my previous life has dwindled down to where it only resides in my suitcase where I stash my American goodies to try and ration them, much to no avail. One year in Rwanda, and then later one year at site passed without too much celebration or grandeur. I for some reason thought I might have this great epiphany or a sudden uplifting of my daily life. But, like any other day, it is just any other day apart from the fact that it marked my half-way point in my service. Thankfully I was able to reward myself for that occasion with a trip to Dubai and the Balkans which one of the greatest, most appreciated vacations I've ever spent.

I'm sure some of you have grown bored of my constant refrains for how 'normal' my Rwandan life is. My new resolution is to dig further into some of what I see in Rwanda and how I am feeling in my life and service. Granted, it might not always be positive, and I will try to present all sides of my time here. This probably should've been my opening to my blog, but I might as well start sometime. Like I said, I am great at beginning things. And, this year is like a new beginning. A year of service down, and a year counting down to all the things I have been missing and dreaming about for the past 365 days. (Thank goodness for the Mac & Cheese in my care packages!) I wanted to remind everyone out there reading that this blog only reflect my own personal views and experiences and is not affiliated with Peace Corps on any official terms. I hope you all continue reading I promise I will try to be better about writing!