dakhiad
Here it is. Year 2.
Some things haven’t changed:
- dealing with daily language frustrations
- dealing with daily cultural confusions
- creating work in an (almost) unstructured environment
Some things have:
- having a year’s worth of experience of dealing of the above mentioned items
- having a few great projects waiting in the starting gate
- feeding off the energy of new PCVs
- feeling like a know something when I’m around the new ones
- realizing that I’m going to be unemployed in a year
- being more confident (most days)
Of course, there are more on both sides. I’m in a good place right now. I haven’t been this motivated to study Mongolian since first arriving to site. The population of PCVs in the aimag has exploded; Peace Corps is trying to build up a base out west. I’m sure it’s going to feel a bit crowded at times, but right now we are feeding off of each other’s energy and projects.
This year is supposed to be a good one. I’ll find out.
