Just a few...

Some reasons why I decided to join the Peace Corps:
It all started last January of 2006. I was about to enter my last semester at VCU and I was getting all these ideas in my head about what I wanted to do after I graduated in May. Most of the discussions I had with others and my own crazy thoughts running through my head had to do with travel. Randomly a friend of my mother's mentioned the Peace Corps to her, my mom then mentioned it to me, I looked it up online, called my mom that night and told her I was going to apply. When I first started applying, it was almost just to do it and it sounded cool... I wasn't even really sure if this was actually something I wanted to do, or even could do. I knew it was something that sounded fun, but the idea of leaving my friends and family for 2 years was not cool. Somehow the process began and did not stop until I got my invitation about a month ago, and now here I am leaving in March. All along, I was just applying without really really thinking. I mean... I had thought about it, and it was a hard and long process, but it was almost like I was going through the motions just to get it done. I know you are probably thinking, umm 2 years living in a third world country, and you are going through this without really thinking about it... well it is actually sort of true and sort of not. There are days when I am so excited I could leave that afternoon, but there are also nights that I am restless thinking about actually leaving. So I guess it's all just part of the process... or atleast my personal process of joining the Peace Corps.
Okay, and then of course there is the part about helping others. I have actually not done a lot of volunteering in my life... a few times, but not nearly enough, so this is my big chance to really help mankind. haha.. it sounds sort of funny, "me, helping mankind", but I really feel that going to Africa to help with the HIV/AIDS pandemic and educating the people of Uganda will help so much, because it is one of the biggest most tragic problem facing the world today (not including global warming and all the other things I probably don't even know about).
Uganda actually ranks among the countries most affected by HIV/AIDS pandemic, but it also has the success of reducing infection rates, which I will be so proud to be a part of.
There is so much I am excited to learn about the world, new cultures, and myself... So, I guess these are just a few of the reasons I decided to join the Peace Corps..emphasis on "just a few"...