It's Official.

(From Friday, November 7, 2008).

Today was swearing-in, the long-awaited day where life as we know it will change. Basically, all of the soon-to-be-volunteers get all dressed up and pretty for a day (this lasts only one day because it’s the Philippines, it’s hot, it’s sweaty, and I don’t understand how anyone ever looks good) so that we can attend a ceremony where we listen to speeches and then repeat an oath to serve our country. After the oath is taken, we are then volunteers, which means we will no longer endlessly be referred to as trainees. Hopefully this new label will help relieve our inferiority complexes which we’ve developed as a result of constant “trainee” labeling. Anyways, that’s really all I have to say about swearing-in…I do have other great stories about the day which are not appropriate for here. All you need to know is that I definitely made you proud, trust me. Signing off as Lynn, the Volunteer.

P.S. I want to give a shout out to my amazing older brother, who turned 29...and my amazing old-old mother who turned a fabulous 52.