Meds, meds, meds

I'm going tomorrow to get my shots done.  About four, maybe five total.  After researching all the craziness I will likely encounter and need to take preventative action against, I am afraid of getting sick or dead.  Not cool.  Dying would definitely be low on my list of cool things to do while living abroad. 

Still in Chicago

This is going to be how I keep up on the homefront. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GOING!! Ok, so I'm super nervous. I've never stayed in India longer than 3 months, let alone a year!! Made a mental list of all the things I miss every time I'm in India....

*swimming pools
*carpeting
*Air conditioning
*clean streets
*feminism
*certain legal reprecussions
*blending in, and not representing a whole country
*being able to communicate (yeah, this one's huge)
*strong showers
*easy access to friends/family
*tank tops
*men w/ boundaries
*driving (I would never drive in India.. they're CRAZY!!)
*my independence

With that being said, my passport is still valid and I just got my visa done. Holy God, am I really going??? Yeah. Yeah, I am. EEEEEEP!

Testing out new medium.

Holy shit. I'm going to India!

The Details:

I was awarded a fellowship with Indicorps to set up a Rural Design School in Kachchh, Gujarat. Basically, setting up an art and design school as well as setting up a sustainable marketing plan to get the artists into new markets. I'm taking on a lot, and the only thing I'm sure of is that I have no idea what I have gotten myself into- but I'm excited nonetheless.