Project Approved!

This bird (Image via AP) represents quite nicely how I feel right now. I've been staring at a computer screen so long, I think I'm going cross-eyed.

For those of you wondering, it did not rain this weekend, at least not in Chisinau, and so I still have water.

But the sky is all dark and gloomy right now, so who can say.

But Moldova has accepted outside aid, and it's coming in from many quarters, so that's something.


All the people in my group are no longer on lockdown - which basically means that we can go wherever we want, whenever we want. And also, that we are free to go on vacation if we have accrued it.

I actually start a non-vacation vacay on Friday... my org is one of those uber-liberal European orgs that takes three weeks mandatory. Except, since I'm a Peace Corps volunteer, I don't really get to take that time off, so I'll be working during it anyways. That's okay. At least I don't have to get up early during that time.

Plus, I got my project approved! I think I'm going to be organizing a national campaign with the help of another nonprofit, and i'm pretty excited about it. That will be my "fuarte mare lucrire" very big thing, and then I have other things that I'll be doing as well.

National sounds cool, but again, country the size of Massachusetts, population the size of Chicago.

But, in a different language, so it will be difficult.

Nevertheless. Getting approval was half of the battle. Now I can actually start to GO. Or at least, I'll be able to after everyone gets back from vacay. But oh, will I have plans for then.