My bags aint packed..

Today I am sucking the marrow out of New England. I awoke in the middle of a salt marsh on Cape Cod, I ate breakfast and dinner at Dunkin Donuts, I drove across entire states in under an hour, I watched multiple Red Sox games despite that they only played one game today (thanks NESN and your wealth of programming), then for the evening I attended a performance of lyrical political satire at our local Arts Center.

Oh, New England.

I shall not be in New England for sometime after tommorrow morn. I am embarking on a trip that has been a year and a half in the making. A trip that I dreamed about and worked for while I was accomplishing numerous other adventures. I am joining the Peace Corps as of Sunday, and I shall be living and working in Tanzania.

I shall miss my home land of New England, and all of the customs that it has imparted onto me. I shall miss the unexplainable weather, the high peaks of its mountains the vast rocky harbors of its coasts, the music, life and delicious beers found in the many large towns and small cities, and the many New Englanders that I call friends and family.

But I shall never loose New England, I will always be a New Englander, no matter where I shall be, and no matter what I shall be doing. I shall be learning about Tanzania in the next few months through my New England eyes. The whole time I shall be exchanging the many lessons of my life and my land with those of whom I meet.

I look forward to the day in which I can return home. I shall dream about that time for many a day, but at this moment I have a long dream that I need to fulfill. Learn swahili, meet my town, and live in Africa for two years.

See ya down the road New England. Enjoy.