Comin Home!

Woohoo!!! i'm comin home ya'll!! Wow could I sound any more redneck?! Anyways, Can't wait to be there going to be busy busy but nice and hopefully relaxing too. Going to figure out how to put pictures on the internet again and I'll post a link on here for ya'll that way if your not gracing me with your presence while I'm in town you can still c some of the view here! Hope americaland is still as great as I remember!! Can't wait to be home and see you all, soon soon!! Much love, vic

Third year

So I'm offically in my third year! How crazy is that!! The move into the new house went great! The farm was a huge help. They sent a vehicle over and picked up most of my stuff. So that made it really really easy for me. Had a nice last night dinner with my family. They really made the last two years fantastic!! Still see them on Tues and Thur afternoons for some shima! Yum yum!! Definitly enjoyin the new house with electricty in the evenings. Usin a wood stove for now, that's been adventure tryin to figure out!! Currently have about 7 small burns on the little hands their goes my chance at bein a hand model when I return, shoot! Oh well guess I'll have to think about somethin else. Luckily I still have a year to decide! Hope glad to hear from you!! Hope to see you and everyone else in Nov!! That's right guys Nov the month, it'll be here before we know it! Anyways, just in lusaka for a bit, got a ride down here with pete on the plane, how cool is that!! Definitly returnin to my Peace Corps roots and busin it back up to site:( Should be outta here tom morning. Just came down to watch Katie ring out!! YAY for her!! Okay well hope you guys are all well. I'm fantastic, busy at times and well readin a lot during the others!! Take care hug each other for me, know that I love ya'll and think of ya'll lots. Oh and I think I'm turning into a facebook junkie! Luckily I'm not around internet enough to develop an all out consuming addiction!

Hi hi hi

Hi ya'll sorry it's been ages!! Not sure if anyone reads this anymore but just in case:) Things here are still wonderful! Yep it's true I am extending another year, so see you all in Oct/Nov!! I think that's when I will be taking home leave. I want to see you all so if you don't live in Ok then you better make plans to get there (Jess, Kat, Lynn)!!! So I will be changing sites but still working in my same area and continuing the work that I have started there with the Rural Health Center. Super excited about it!! I am moving sites though, which is super great, I am going to love where my new super small house is! Christams was fantastic!! Went to Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa and Mozambique. All of it was simply amazing!!! I'm currently in Lsk for extension meds stuff. Came down for fun stuff like peeing in a cup, giving poop samples, getting shots, giving blood, having my teeth cleaned and all sorts of other fun stuff! Don't you wish you were me now! Anyways, other than that I have been managing to have a fantastic time down here eating all 3 meals a day plus more!! Stuffing myself up before I get back to the village!! No worries though until I move into my new place (april 1) i'll be leaving my house at 6:30 every am and biking a half hour to the reserve for the am to mess with stuff there then 30 min back to the Ikelenge Clinic to mess with stuff there, then finally home!! It's been some pretty long days lately!! and rainy rainy rainy!! Goodness I tell you this stuff has gotta go!!! Came home to a puddle on my bed the other day! Roof leaks above the bottem end of my bed and I forgot to move my sheets before I left so... you can pretty much guess what happened?! okay well off to give away more urine. Here's hopin it's clean:) Love ya folks, vic

Alls well

Hello everyone!!! Long time no post huh. Things here are fantastic. It is super hard to imagine that I only have 6 more months here. The idea of prolonging it is playing around in my head but not sure how it will play out as of yet. But for now I am enjoying life plenty. The staff at my clinic has changed and the new people are amazing and great to work with. I wish that I was just starting out so that I would have 2 years to work with them instead of the next 6 months. The country director for Zambia came up a few weekends ago, she's been trying to visit all the areas. It was great having her visit. I definitly very supported by peace corps because of her visit. That was something that had been lacking with previous country directors, but the new CD is amazing and really getting things turned around. It was a great site visit too. Some other volunteers in my district came up with her and I biked to the source of the Zambezi to meet with them, then it was back to my house to unload some things, then we all went out to the rapids/hydro that's in my area. Then it was back again to my house for an amazing dinner cooked by my family, then a friend of mine working at a reserve this side got permission for us to camp out there. So we were able to all camp out on the reserve that night. It was awesome! Then the next morning we went on a small game drive. Everyone had a blast so I was in turn very very happy! Don't worry they don't have any of the big 5, but they do have all of the tiny 10. There is actually something called the tiny 10. I've learned a lot more about the sport of hunting now. It's intense as is birding. But anyways, that's my life now, I am in Solwezi for a meeting should be here a few days and then it's back up to site proably until thanksgiving, so take care and know that I love you all and miss you lots and lots and lots, vic

Another country to the list

Well hello friends and family!!! Hope all is well that side of the earth! Things here have been fantastic!!! Lauren leaves tomorrow morning and we have had an amazing time! We got to to go to Botswana!! I saw lots and lots and lots of animals!! Definitly one of my coolest days and africa, and actually really cool too weather wise that is. Okay anyways, alls well, I'll be around computer usage for the next few weeks so email anytime, love ya'll vic

Laurens in Lusaka

Hey ya'll!! Hope alls well! Ive just been enjoying the last few days hanging out with Katherine and now laurens arrived!! yipee lots of fun friend times!! Anyways, she got bumped up to first class from London to lusaka, needless to say she had excellent transport and got off the airplane looking clean and refreshed. But that will all change tommorrow when we head out on the bus to my home! Fun times ahead and definitly not in first class! Hope alls well back home. I love ya'll and will write more in a few weeks, hekwawu. Love ya vic

Hey friends

Hey friends!!! Hope ya'll are all doing well!!! Life here is great. Thanks for all the prayers this last week when I was ill. I am much much better and drinking lots of water, On that note I would appreciate it if ya'll would stop telling me to drink water. I myself am now definitly aware of that fact:) Anyways, in solwezi for a few days, it's great getting to hang out and see people. Oh the house just got a new fridge, so guess what I got, a new refrigerator box!! So eaxcited, I'm going to take it back to site and have jeremey come up and help me make a fort with the boys!!! How exciting. The fridge is super nice too. Tonights a chili cook off at the house! Yummy yummy!! Anyways, not a lot to say, made it back from vacation just fine and have been enjoying being back in good old zambia. Talk at ya later, love ya vic