August 20, 2008

Yesterday one of my closest Peace Corps friends went home. I was shocked when I found out! We talked all the time and about everything. Never once did she mention that she was contemplating going home. Why didn’t she tell me? And so close to the end of training too! I talked to Susanna, and she told me it was a personal decision. So it obviously wasn’t a family emergency. Was she not happy with her site? I figure that must have been it… but it’s normal for trainees to be disappointed during their site visits? We always walked together during our lunch breaks in Ayora. Yesterday, I didn’t know what to do with myself. I kinda wandered around aimlessly until I bumped into someone to talk to. Damnit, I feel a little abandoned!