I now have just a few days left in Santa Barbara! I am finishing up all my last minute tasks like writing letters of recommendations, passing on reports and giving away my stuff. This Friday a slew of goodbye parties begins. Friday I will have a going away party with Eli, a fellow Santa Barbara volunteer, with all the Peace Corps volunteers in the area. Saturday I will spend the day packing my bags and then Saturday night I will have another going away party with my Honduran friends. Sunday I head to Tegucigalpa, the capital with Nineth in the Agua Pura truck. It will be a big help that they are giving me a ride and I don’t have to take the bus since I will have lots of extra boxes that I am taking to pass off to other volunteers. Sunday night I will have my third going away party with Nineth in Tegucigalpa and then Monday morning I start Close of Service procedures.
Everyone in Santa Barbara asks how I feel about leaving. On one hand I am very excited to go home and be with my family and return to all the luxuries of the states. On the other hand I know that I will miss the friends I have made here, especially Nineth, and I know that the transition back will be difficult. I remember coming home from Korea when I was 14 years old and reverse culture shock is much worse than the initial culture shock of moving to a new place.
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