LIttle Time

I am in Bishkek. Today, I meet my host family in Luxemburg, which is very close to Kant City. Instead of learning Kyrgyz like I thought, I will be learning Russian. I am so excited for today. It seems like I have been here for a month and it has only been a couple days. I am meeting so many people. Everything is amazing. Although, I am having a very hard time with tolerating the food.

I traveled to Istanbul. Some of us got out of the airport, which includes me. Luckily, I ran around with a friend who has been there before. So, I feel like I saw quite a bit. I guess I dont really know that. Anyways, I miss all my friends at home. Sondra told me that I can never take everyone around with me, but I can always take God with me. That means everything to me.

Carolyn

Expect to not expect.

I am packing my bags to go to Kyrgyzstan with the Peace Corps. I tried to weight one of the bags, but I could not fit it on the scale. So, who knows if I went over 100lbs or not. Honestly, I would like to fit more into the bag. With all of this being said, I see how that is pretty materialistic.

I spend my days basking in the sunlight, going to the gym,cooking, and worrying about what to expect in Kyrgyzstan. So, I am trying not to have expectations. I cannot think of very many instances in life where I would have no expectations to what a situation might be like. I have expectations for everything here it seems. I grew up here. This adventure is a prime example in the making. Now I know what it feels like to not expect. So, there you have another expectation of traveling-- to expect nothing, which is an expectation for the next time I travel.