i like to make my day planners mine. you know, add some spice. for 2012 my wonderful mom brought me a fancy 'adult' agenda. and i set out to find the perfect quote to set my mind straight everytime i open it.

'another i is beginning'

2012. guatemala.

going back to cleveland for the holidays was amazing. exhausting, but good. i felt so busy, but i wasnt really. shower, drive to meet people, drive to run errands, eat lunch, ect. just a different type of busy i suppose. but it was fun to see everyone and share that time together. i felt like the luckiest girl in the world...

and i did come back to guatemala (i know you had your doubts). just in time to celebrate our one year anniversary in-country. i reread my journals and it's just so incredible how much we can grow in such a short time. we are so adaptable (if we choose to be).

but the year has started out a little rough. some of you may have heard about peace corps making some changes in central america- mainly honduras, el salvador and guatemala mainly related to security concerns. without going into depth about the exact situation here-i had a few anxieties about joining the peace corps and they mostly related to working for a federal agency. go figure, it's a frustrating place to be at times. the end of the totem pole, that is. but i made my choices and i'm here in guatemala. and i'm not going anywhere.

here's to: knowing where home is.

almolonga my friends. almolonga,

quetzaltenango,

guatemala,

centro america.