This is far too early. We are selling our bits and pieces of furniture, going through our clothes to see what is really needed, paring down our life slowly to a few 50 lb bags. We are wrapping up old projects and trying in vain to not start anything new. We've looked at written Arabic, our eyes wide with a mix of novelty and terror, only to back slowly away from the text book as if it were a camel, majestic, ancient and prepared to spit in our eyes.
We leave for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as Peace Corps Volunteers on October 21st. Between now and then is months of goodbyes. First, on August 15th, I will say goodbye to my job at the Hill Country Ride for AIDS and the Texas Mamma Jamma Ride. Then on September 3rd, Rick will say farewell to the American Cancer Society. From September 5th until October 5th, we will be playing in Oklahoma, first to say goodbye to the Dooleys in Tulsa, and then to all our friends in Oklahoma City. Then it's off to San Francisco to play with the boys and girls and then back to Austin for the hardest goodbye of them all, ending in a flight to Philadelphia on October 21st.
We are Peacing Out, folks. It's feels early, but it's time to get started.
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