Posh Corps

I slept in today after staying up late to watch the Office which I streamed online. I never watched TV in America and expected myself to read many many books when in Jordan... that's what you're supposed to do as a PCV... read because you're not supposed to have internet or television or phones that you can afford to make calls on. Sometimes we joke how PC Jordan is really named "Posh Corps" because each of us have large sturdy houses and electricity and running hot water (though making it hot is really expensive if you always have it on) and refrigerators and indoor plumbing and there are usually some people who speak English in the village and if not it's a relatively easy trip to get to Amman (no canoes or hiking or puddle jumpers necessary). I can go to my dukan (corner store) and get a pepsi (maybe even diet!) and I can buy McDonalds and Popeyes and Burger King in Aqaba and in Amman I can find anything I could want (though perhaps at a slightly steep price).