Medical: Complete. A decision has been reached regarding your medical review. Please look for a letter in the mail.
Alright :)
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Your file is currently under consideration...
Well, I figured I should start one of these. Eventually I will be sent to some far away land and people will want to know what I'm up to and how I'm getting along. I hope. Of course, it's also here for anybody interested to know what Peace Corps service is like in ____________. (will fill the country in later)
At the moment, I don't know when or where I'll be sent. It's frustrating because I know what they're going to say..."your assignment has been given away. It may be another six months before the next available departure date". At this point, I've accepted this very reasonable assumption, I'm just looking forward to hearing an official confirmation. At least then I'll be able to plan for what I can do in the meantime.
You see, my departure date was supposed to be late July, but they're just now clearing me medically. It was my fault, I didn't give myself enough time. I assumed I could get everything done in a few weeks and that I'd have everything turned in at least six weeks prior to departing, as is recommended. Didn't happen.
I should have been more proactive, but in my defense, I did not foresee the medical examination taking over two months to complete. All for what turned out to be a lot of non-issues. It's a long, uninteresting story. But like I said, I'm fine with it. People say that things happen as they do for a reason. As much as I was wanting to be stationed in a Spanish speaking country (that was the region I was nominated to serve in), maybe now I'll end up on a Pacific island instead (*crosses fingers*). I could learn to live with that. Then again, I could still get my preferred geographic location, you never know.
Wherever they decide to send me, I've got my bag packed, my fancy water filter and my backpacker guitar, some good reads, and a pocket full of dreams. At this point, I'm down for whatever. I'm ready to get my environmental education on.
So yeah, that's what's up right now. Life is pending. Updates will be made, of course, as fresh information is realized (or boredom sets in). :)
At the moment, I don't know when or where I'll be sent. It's frustrating because I know what they're going to say..."your assignment has been given away. It may be another six months before the next available departure date". At this point, I've accepted this very reasonable assumption, I'm just looking forward to hearing an official confirmation. At least then I'll be able to plan for what I can do in the meantime.
You see, my departure date was supposed to be late July, but they're just now clearing me medically. It was my fault, I didn't give myself enough time. I assumed I could get everything done in a few weeks and that I'd have everything turned in at least six weeks prior to departing, as is recommended. Didn't happen.
I should have been more proactive, but in my defense, I did not foresee the medical examination taking over two months to complete. All for what turned out to be a lot of non-issues. It's a long, uninteresting story. But like I said, I'm fine with it. People say that things happen as they do for a reason. As much as I was wanting to be stationed in a Spanish speaking country (that was the region I was nominated to serve in), maybe now I'll end up on a Pacific island instead (*crosses fingers*). I could learn to live with that. Then again, I could still get my preferred geographic location, you never know.
Wherever they decide to send me, I've got my bag packed, my fancy water filter and my backpacker guitar, some good reads, and a pocket full of dreams. At this point, I'm down for whatever. I'm ready to get my environmental education on.
So yeah, that's what's up right now. Life is pending. Updates will be made, of course, as fresh information is realized (or boredom sets in). :)
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