The Stories Will Continue

I just realized that I have not updated this blog in over a month, and I vow that I will not let this blog fall by the wayside. I think that I have done a pretty good job keeping it updated over the years, and even though I left the Peace Corps, I know there will be more stories to tell in the future. I ran into a lot of friends at UD Homecoming that I had not spoken to in a while, and many of them told me how much they love my writing. Writing for me is therapeutic. Some of you told me that my stories move you, and that us one of my intentions. I think there is as much to be said for the way a sentence sounds when you read it and for the emotion that it brings out as for the content it holds. Thus, I will continue to put out stories that people can stumble upon and smile. Or yell. Or cry. Stories that will become trapped in the internet world and embarrass me when I am old.

Bringing you up to the present, I recently accepted a new job with Americorps VISTA in Montana. As bad as my experience with Peace Corps was, service will always be important to me, and maybe this is a way for me to complete a second year of service that I never had. Or maybe I just have masochistic tendencies. I just know that the idea of going to a place where no one goes is exciting. I'll get to work all over the state with low-income individuals improving their economic security. I'll even get to speak Spanish with migrant workers. It sounds like a great opportunity, and I feel lucky to have stumbled upon it. I'm just going to keep doing things that make me happy until something sticks. Plus I have a pretty cool beard and some flannel shirts, so going to Montana seemed to be a natural progression.