Two week's notice.

Okay, time for some news.

Bryan and I will be leaving Haiti and MCC two weeks from today. The past few weeks have been a mixed time for us as we're sad to say goodbye to the folks we know and love on this little island, but in the end we feel like it is good to be moving on.

So where to from here?

We are moving back to Philadelphia to live with my brother and our sister-in-law for the summer. After a 10-week internship at Art-Reach through the Samuel Fels Fund, I will start a(nother) master's degree program at Vanderbilt Divinity School. I'll be studying Ethics in Society with the ultimate goal of continuing on to earn a PhD.

Bryan was accepted as this year's arboriculture intern at the Morris Arboretum. This program will allow him to study trees and urban areas, and after a year he'll be certified to risk his life 60 feet up in old trees with a chainsaw for pay. ( If you have a tree problem in 2011 and want to pay scads of cash to save your beloved tree, he'll take care of it for you.) To keep the adventurous spirit alive in the meantime, Bryan will be bike commuting and loving every minute of it.

In fact, we're trying to live sans car to keep our living costs low (graduate student and intern...aren't we too old for this?). We're also planning to keep our thumbs green this summer and plant greens and other yummy things. Depending on the good graces of our familial hosts, we would also like to keep composting worms because they are just crazy to watch. (Bryan doesn't even mind if they actually compost - it's like an ant farm or ant lion desktop Zen thing for him.)

In leaving Haiti, we're most sad about leaving amazing friends. We've had lots of great times here - but we're confident that our friendships and our adventures are not ending. Here's to the future, ya'll!