World of Change Well, Needless to say – a ton has changed over the last couple months and I am sure it is only the beginning. I have been invited to and have accepted an invitation to serve in the Peace Corps in Ukraine in the area of Community Development. I have quit my Job at Fidelity Investments where I was working as an International Equity Trader on the retail side. I moved out of my apartment. I have been studying Russian and Ukrainian as much as possible and to top things off – I just got back from a cruise through the Panama Canal with stops in Miami, Ocho Rios Jamaica, Cartagena Columbia, Huatulco Mexico, Puerto Vallarta Mexico, Cabo San Lucas Mexico, San Diego, and Los Angeles. Awesome. And in two days I will be heading up to Montana to spend time with my sister and her family - then it is off to Wyoming to spend time with my old college buddies before I leave for staging in DC on the 29th and finally Ukraine on the 31st. This is kind of strange to be posting on a blog. I don’t know what to say and I have no idea who (if anyone) will be reading this blog. Lol
Anyways, here is my first installment of “Conor’s noteworthy noteables” from the last month (no particular order):
1. Spending time with friends and family (I would assume this is a given but just in case)
2. Taking tons of cool photos with my new DSLR camera.
3. Swimming and riding a dolphin (yes – I did say ride…gangsta)
4. Being surrounded by so many really really old people that I now know what superman feels like.
5. Margaritas on the beach
6. Snorkeling with some amazing sea life
7. Attempting to speak Spanish to people only to find a few Russian words popping up – mass confusion.
8. Cocktail parties w/ my Uncle. (Top shelf Martinis - shaken not stirred & straight up with 3 green olives)
9. QUITTING MY JOB!! & getting together with my coworkers for one last time at the Skybox. They were awesome and scheduled a surprise meeting for me on my last day where they all pitched in for a universal iPod adapter & iTunes gift card.
10. Finding out that there is very cool person from Salt Lake City that is going to PC Ukraine. AND she even works for the same company as me just in a different building. Small world. Very cool.
11. Exploring numerous port towns and cities. I love traveling!
2. Taking tons of cool photos with my new DSLR camera.
3. Swimming and riding a dolphin (yes – I did say ride…gangsta)
4. Being surrounded by so many really really old people that I now know what superman feels like.
5. Margaritas on the beach
6. Snorkeling with some amazing sea life
7. Attempting to speak Spanish to people only to find a few Russian words popping up – mass confusion.
8. Cocktail parties w/ my Uncle. (Top shelf Martinis - shaken not stirred & straight up with 3 green olives)
9. QUITTING MY JOB!! & getting together with my coworkers for one last time at the Skybox. They were awesome and scheduled a surprise meeting for me on my last day where they all pitched in for a universal iPod adapter & iTunes gift card.
10. Finding out that there is very cool person from Salt Lake City that is going to PC Ukraine. AND she even works for the same company as me just in a different building. Small world. Very cool.
11. Exploring numerous port towns and cities. I love traveling!
Well, You are all probably bored of my rambles by now (if you made it this far). So I bid you adu and leave you with a few photos. Please bare with my while I get used to this whole blogging thing as I will try to update this blog regularly once I am in Ukraine. Let me know if there is anything specific you would like to see on this blog.
Peace!
Peace!
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