I've just finished my group's close of service conference. It was great times. I got to see people I hadn't seen in almost a year. Everyone is doing well, and everyone is also pretty ready to get going home and move on. Me? Well, there may be something there, there may not. I'll keep you posted.
The biggest activity of the conference, outside of all the meetings, was Scrabble. Yes, we're all adults here. And the biggest thing I learned about Scrabble is this: It is not much fun to play with tournament players who keep a Scrabble dictionary at their side at all times. While you're thinking of great places to put "quality" for 20 points, they're thinking of places to put "qi" (The British spelling of "chi") and "aa" (a kind of rough lava. Seriously. Go look this up.) for 30 points apiece. If you play Scrabble to work your visualization skills, that's great, I suppose, but some of us play it for the words. I guess we get left with Balderdash.
The conference left me with a bunch of useful materials for post-Peace Corps life, but it also left me with a stomach virus. So instead of chancing a 7-hour trip home, I'm staying at a volunteer's apartment near Sofia, since he was kind enough to take me in. I'll probably be much better tomorrow. More news about the conference and trip home to come.
Posted by Rob at March 31, 2005 03:43 PM