Today, I met Peace Corps Ukraine Business Dev. Project Group 24's Rizwan Merchant and Scott Lasher (who I already met last wk) to hike to Mallory Caves west of NCAR. Meeting people in my group has been so helpful, particularly because the two I've met so far have been such compadres! Creating a sense of community this early really helps me with any lingering fears I have about being REALLY alone, instead of just being alone. :-D We discussed some of the threads on our discussion board on Yahoo! (PeaceCorpsUkraine) and where we'd all been in our lives when we decided to join the PC, relationships, etc. Good news: Rizwan can cook northern Indian, hurrah!

Am still in the process of selling my car. Today, a lovely and well-meaning lady who test drove it, asked if she could "rent" the car for 2 weeks, then decide about buying it. I had to decline her offer. I'm hopeful that a college student that drove it today may buy, otherwise, Super-Rupair will on Fri. Then I'm moving out of this lovely home on Spruce St. and going back east to see my Dad & Samala (NYC), Nanny (DC), Mom (NC), Great Aunt Eva (SC), etc.! It will be the Gran Tour'd'East Coast and I hope to remain calm thru out.

Non-sequitor alert: Yesterday while running past some Boulder HS students taking a morning gym class, I saw how some were thin and athletic and others were lagging at the end of the line running. I wanted to shout out something to them from my older vantage point. "Get used to exercise - you need it!" or "Don't despair, the thin and athletic ones aren't perfect!" Anyway, I didn't because I realized suddenly that I had no wisdom to share, that I have fewer answers than ever. I'm comfortable with that.

love,
wlu