Letters and packages may be sent to the following address:
Alice DeMatteo
c/o U.S.Peace Corps
6/F PNB Financial Center
Macapagal Blvd., Pasay City
1308 Philippines
Only letters, on the other hand, may be sent to the following address:
Alice DeMatteo
U.S. Peace Corps
P.O. Box 7013, Airmail Distribution Center
NAUIA, Pasay City
A Peace Corps staff member picks up mail from the post office weekly and sends it to volunteer sites through a courier service, known in-country as the Peace Corps Pouch.
1301 Philippines
I left my house yesterday and am staying with Anna until I leave for the airport at 6:00AM tomorrow! Thank you for all your interest, support and warm fare-thee-wells! Love, Ali
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
June 29,2011 Last days at Rum River Library
Rum River Library
Busy, busy, busy directing, redirecting and cutting communications with people and businesses. I only have a few more days and then, Yeaaa! All the preparing will be done.
Busy, busy, busy directing, redirecting and cutting communications with people and businesses. I only have a few more days and then, Yeaaa! All the preparing will be done.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
June 9,2011 Airline tickets arrive!
I have my airline ticket to LA! It's feeling real and getting exciting! I leave July 1 for LA and leave for the Philippines July 3!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
June 7,2011 Turtle laying eggs
I don't go to DC after all. I will be going to LA. This came via email yesterday. Our "brief, yet intense orientation" will be there, and "you will be expected to act and dress in keeping with your status as a professional and guest. At staging, business casual attire is required." So now I'm looking for a dress.
Meanwhile, our one week allotment of spring is, apparently, expired, and now we are in sweltering summer. I'm not complaining, mind you, just noting!
Yesterday evening I was out in my back yard and my neighbor, Jenna, and her little ones, Zacky and Christa, came over to visit and Zacky yelled for us to come see the turtle in my garden. We have a lot of turtles, but he wanted us to see this one, "It's in a hole!", he said. Sure enough, the 6" turtle had backed itself into a hole about 6" deep and just about right to hold a bottle of water. We got to watch as Mama Turtle deposited an egg! Then, as we sat there with the children, she plopped out one after the other, about 30 seconds apart, until she had laid 8!! What a thrill! Wild America right in my yard! We wanted to see her push the dirt over the hole, but she scurried away as soon as she laid the last. I've never seen a turtle move that fast. I'd want to hide, too, if a little crowd watched me and narrated my giving birth.
Meanwhile, our one week allotment of spring is, apparently, expired, and now we are in sweltering summer. I'm not complaining, mind you, just noting!
Yesterday evening I was out in my back yard and my neighbor, Jenna, and her little ones, Zacky and Christa, came over to visit and Zacky yelled for us to come see the turtle in my garden. We have a lot of turtles, but he wanted us to see this one, "It's in a hole!", he said. Sure enough, the 6" turtle had backed itself into a hole about 6" deep and just about right to hold a bottle of water. We got to watch as Mama Turtle deposited an egg! Then, as we sat there with the children, she plopped out one after the other, about 30 seconds apart, until she had laid 8!! What a thrill! Wild America right in my yard! We wanted to see her push the dirt over the hole, but she scurried away as soon as she laid the last. I've never seen a turtle move that fast. I'd want to hide, too, if a little crowd watched me and narrated my giving birth.
Friday, May 27, 2011
May 27,2011 House for rent, car for sale.... waiting....
Waiting, just waiting... still no more details from the PC. I'm staying busy.
I harnessed and drove Rosie yesterday. As we clopped along we saw a skunk sniffing along the road. It wasn't startled, thankfully, although that would have been interesting.
After I put Rosie out to pasture, I picked rhubarb for Paul, and under the rhubarb leaves the Guinea hens had laid two eggs.
I took a walk in Bunker Hills with Carol F. It's still cool and breezy here in MN, but the sun was warm in a blue sky, which is more than we can say for today.
I got the Avalon detailed and now I'll list it for sale.
House is still for rent.
I harnessed and drove Rosie yesterday. As we clopped along we saw a skunk sniffing along the road. It wasn't startled, thankfully, although that would have been interesting.
After I put Rosie out to pasture, I picked rhubarb for Paul, and under the rhubarb leaves the Guinea hens had laid two eggs.
I took a walk in Bunker Hills with Carol F. It's still cool and breezy here in MN, but the sun was warm in a blue sky, which is more than we can say for today.
I got the Avalon detailed and now I'll list it for sale.
House is still for rent.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
May 17,2011
I'm in the Rum River Library in Anoka,MN, composing my very first blog. One more step to preparing to leave for the Peace Corps.
After 1 1/2 years I have received an assignment. I am an "Invitee"! I will be teaching English, among other responsibilities.
For now, I get to tie up loose ends of business here and I get to relax and live in the moment, suspended between life as it was and life as it will be. I can't truly comprehend what has gone on in my life, I can only see bits and pieces and the same is true when I look beyond July 1, when I will fly to DC. I do know today is good: Finally!! MN is warm and sunny!
After 1 1/2 years I have received an assignment. I am an "Invitee"! I will be teaching English, among other responsibilities.
For now, I get to tie up loose ends of business here and I get to relax and live in the moment, suspended between life as it was and life as it will be. I can't truly comprehend what has gone on in my life, I can only see bits and pieces and the same is true when I look beyond July 1, when I will fly to DC. I do know today is good: Finally!! MN is warm and sunny!
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