Thanks for the comments Jessica and Iwinosa! Things are going very well :). The blog is a fun idea... I totally recommend it!
Thank you for the text messages and other wishes for noroc...good luck! (I received one from "Sarah" and I wasn't sure if it was from Sarah Katie or Dr. Ash... but it was very thoughtful! Thank you:) I'm excited about moving tomorrow, but also kind of nervous. I'm in Chisinau at the PC head quarters right now relaxing and checking out books from the library. Since arriving in Moldova I've had the chance to read:

(reread) Mountains Beyond Mountains
Slaughterhouse Five
Count of Monte Cristo
A Thousand Splendid Suns

All were really good. I'm really liking Kurt Vonnegut and am excited I just found Cat's Cradle in the library. I'm taking about 8 books to site with me--I'm on "lock-down" for the first 3 months in Pepeni which means I can't do any overnight trips... and coming to Chisinau will require permission. So sadly no travel until November-ish. I understand why PC has this requirement though... It is good for the volunteers to spend as much time in their communities as possible. I'm going to have a ton of work to do the first few weeks as classes start on the 1st of September. First week at site I will need to have meetings with all 3 of my partners: Valentina (club+class partner), Viorica (class), and my nurse partner whom I am yet to meet. I'm still not sure what sort of club I will be forming with Valentina so there is lots to do. Plus, the long-term lesson plans for the semester will be due by mid-September. Health Education is not a required course for students in Moldova so there is really no set curriculum to be teaching... which means a lot of flexibility for us as instructors, but the flexibility might be more challenging if it requires compromise on the part of 2 teachers. Such is life. I'm hoping that we can start our semester off with lessons on communication. We're encouraged to not only teach about health issues such as disease, nutrition, but also about relationships, emotions, and other life skills.

Some of you have asked me if there is anything I need sent to me here (and there are definitely some items I could use!) so I will work on putting together a list if you insist:). Certain school supplies or things I assumed would be easy to find here are either non-existent or poor quality.

Off of the top of my head:
Ball-point BIC pens, markers/colored pencils, and mechanical pencils are things that would be very useful. I haven't seen any good pens and I'm not sure if mechanical pencils exist. Also, if anyone finds a large laminated sheet of white paper that I could use as my chalkboard (I have dry erase markers) that would be amazing. Maybe 2 ft X 2 ft. I brought chalk assuming that the boards here would be sufficient, but I've been told that the chalk boards are really bad. Any non-perishable health food items are also amazing.

I'm hoping to travel to Germany over Christmas break to visit with Johanna so other things I'm having trouble finding or have found a shortage of (tampons with applicators, peanut butter, quality dental floss) I should be able to stock up on there.

It was really sad saying bye to my host family today. Especially my mother, Angela. I've been invited back to visit so once I get off of lock-down I'm sure I'll visit them. They will be on vacation at the Black Sea for a week so I'll call and update them on Pepeni when they return. Angela is very curious on how everything will go.. family, partners, such. So am I. :)

Don't know exactly where the internet cafe is in Pepeni, but hopefully I will figure out the communication thing when I get there. Some volunteers pay to have internet installed at their house, but I'm not sure yet if that is a possiblity or if I would want to do that.