My brother B, The Peace Corp Volunteer

So I believe I mentioned before that my brother is now a member of the Peace Corps Volunteers. He is really excited about this opportunity in his life. I admire him greatly for his service and his sense of adventure. Didn't know he had it in him myself but it's great to know it's there and he's got the spirit and drive to make it happen. That's great.

Here is the website for the US Embassy for Krygzstan, the country that B is headed to as a Peace Corps Volunteer.

http://www.kgembassy.org/

This county is in Euro-Asia, as I believe it was part of the former Soviet Union. They speak Russian and a local dialect of the country. My family hopes to go and visit B before he comes home in two years to see what he's been doing. I'll have to save up my money to do that!

Columbia, MD

Well, today I find myself in Columbia, MD attending a company wide sales meeting. Today was a pretty good day as we had great training on our call accounting system. Now tomorrow may be an entirely different story as we are getting our reviews. I'll be interested to see what exactly my boss has written in her section about me. They had me do my section of the review three times so it will be interesting to see what she has to say. We've been having a tough time getting along lately (her insecurities have been showing their ugly head recently and I've not been very accommodating of those insecurities) so it will be interesting to see what it said. I'm working on going into the meeting tomorrow with an open mind and open to whatever she says with grace and humilty. They are not my strongest qualities; however, we'll work really hard on them.

So we're staying at this cute little Hilton Garden Inn in Columbia, MD. Fridge and microwave - I might be convinced to stay up here more often and get the Hilton points to boot! Hmmm, we'll have to see. And there are restaurant options close by too....................yahoo!

Say a prayer for me that I don't lose my cool tomorrow. Hugs to all.