July 2009 – Started application August 2009 – Requested letter of recommendation December 2009 – Finished application January 2009 – Requested more letters of recommendation to fill in for the ones that weren't completed yet. A week later I had five of the required three. February 2, 2010 – Follow-up documents to fill out March 5, 2010 – Initial interview March 11, 2010 – Nomination for TESL in Eastern Europe March 20, 2010 – Began ESL tutoring April 16-19, 2010 – Medical (round 1) and Dental checkups May 8, 2010 – Vision checkup May 20, 2010 – Breakup July 12, 2010 – Accepted full time, salaried job offer July 19, 2010 – Telephone follow-up interview, post-apartment hunting July 21, 2010 – Informed my soon to be boss that I had to decline the position July 27, 2010 – Final medical visit August 5, 2010 – Accepted invitation to Teach English as a Foreign Language in Ukraine from September 17, 2010 to December 17, 2012 September 17, 2010 – Fly to Washington D.C. for staging September 18 – 19, 2010 -Fly from D.C. to Frankfurt, Germany to Kyiv, Ukraine September 18 – September 21, 2010 – Stuck in DC November 22, 2010 – Birthday December 6, 2010 – Left Stariy Bilous December 9, 2010 – Became official Peace Corps Volunteer December 10, 2010 – Arrived in Konotop December 25, 2010 – Celebrated American Christmas with volunteers December 31, 2010 – Celebrated New Years with counterpart January 7, 2011 – Celebrated Old New Year with Ukrainian family February 23, 2011 – First Man Day February 26, 2011 – First Camp Excite, School #12 in Konotop March 8, 2011 – Women's Day March 20 – 23, 2011 – Spring Break trip to Venice, Italy March 26 – 27, 2011 – Camp Excite, Pedagogical Institute in Sumy April 16 – 17, 2011 – Camp Excite, Sumy April 24, 2011 – Eastern Orthodox Easter Celebrations May 9, 2011 – Victory Day May 27, 2011 – Jud (fellow PCV in Konotop) finishes service. Last day of classes. June 5, 2011 – Technology for Development Meeting June 6 – 10, 2011 – Summer camp in Yampil June 18 – 21, 2011 – Visited Volidymirets July 2011 – Started working on Partnership Grant July 18 – 22, 2011 – Summer Camp Excite July 25 – 29, 2011 – Baseball Camp August 5 – 14, 2011 – Trip to Crimea September 1, 2011 – First Bell September 6, 2011 – Day of Konotop September 15 – 26, 2011 – Trip to America September 25, 2011 – Micheal and Katherine's Wedding October 5, 2011 – Warden Training, Poltava October 8, 2011 – Technology for Development Meeting October 15 – 19, 2011 – Andy's Visit October 22 – 30, 2011 – Fall Break October 29, 2011 – Volunteer Halloween party, Kharkiv December 10 – 11, 2011 – Camp Excite, Sumy December 17, 2011 – New Years Ball at School December 24, 2011 – January 10, 2012 – Winter Break December 31, 2011 – January 3, 2012 – Trip to Krakow, Poland January 21, 2012 – Camp Excite, Bilopilia February 25, 2012 – Technology for Development meeting, elected President March 23 – April 1, 2012 – Trip to Spain March 30 – April 16, 2012 – Spring Break April 1 – 6, 2012 – Parents Visit Ukraine April 19, 2012 – Meet Your Neighbors meeting, Sumy April 21, 2012 – Camp Excite, Sumy Teachers May 16 – 24, 2012 – Lizzi Visits Ukraine May 25, 2012 – Last Bell June 10 – 16, 2012 – Baseball Camp, Khmelnitzsky June 19, 2012 – France vs. Sweden Eurocup game, Kiev July 22 – 25, 2012 – Camp Excite