Lately I've been feeling like a grown up. I'm finally making good money, my clients like and respect me, I'm good at what I do and I know that I'm valued by my superiors. I have a grown up job and I guess in most ways I'm a "professional" (despite the fact that I work at a place where I can wear leggings as pants, my boss offers to pay for a team outing to see Reggie Watts and I can roll in late with...
About Me
- KK
- Portland, Oregon
- I'm Kelsey from Portland, Oregon. I'm currently living in Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania where I'm volunteering for the Red Sweater Project. I started this blog for everyone back home to keep tabs on me and to force myself to write about my experience. Why Mutombo? It's a long story, but the short version is that Mutombo has become a term of endearment amongst my closest friends; it's synonymous with community - with family. When I found out that I would be living in a town that sounds so similar to the word (i.e. mmmtwomboo), it just seemed fitting. The hardest part about leaving my life was leaving behind my community. I'm hoping to find a new one here.