So I have been interacting with Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs)and
Peace Corps a lot lately. As I mentioned
in an earlier post, I am participating in some events to celebrate the one-year
anniversary of the Special Olympics-Peace Corps partnership. Some PCVs also came out to visit and attend a game and I vacationed with some PCVs. All of this has made me realize how much of a
fake me out PCV I am.
And as volunteers like to say it I am a Peace Corps Princess or a Posh
Corps Volunteer. Ok I will own it
now. I read another SA volunteer’s blog
and she was talking about her bucket shower water having a sheet of ice on top
of it. AISH!!!
Here are a couple of ways that I have been blessed that also
make me part of the elicit Posh Corps.
- I live in a B&B.
- I have access to kitchen appliances including a microwave and electric stove.
- I take my clothes weekly to a laundry service to be machine
washed, dried and ironed.
- I have a wardrobe that consists of professional, workout,
going out, weekend, and lounging clothes.
- I not only have indoor plumbing, but a hot water shower.
- I have a TV. No cable
or satellite TV, but I have 4 stations and get American TV shows and movies.
- Someone cleans my room weekly. (I actually find this a bit aggravating cause
she moves everything unnecessarily so after she has come it’s a hunt to find anything).
- There is a grocery store and a couple of restaurant options
in my town (including the chain restaurant Chicken Licken).
- I can get to a mall, McDonalds, KFC, and a movie theater with a 15 min taxi ride. So on weekends
when I am bored and need a mental vacation day I go to the movies and treat
myself to a good meal.
- Most of the people I “work” with not only have a car, but a
high end car.
- I go to professional soccer games to network with my
coworkers and the who’s who in my town.
Not to say that all PCVs are living in mud huts in the
middle of nowhere, but in general my experience my Peace Corps Response Volunteer experience is an abnormal PCV experience. I am not complaining though. Strange these things are considered luxuries
right??!!
BTW-I actually wrote this post a while ago, but figured I
would still post. Thought you would get
a good laugh at my luxuriously non-luxurious life.
If you would like to read about more traditional Peace
Corps experiences, check out one of the blogs below:
A tout a l’heure
-Mei
