Today's mail gifted me with a hard copy of medical clearance and a reminder that I must also pass the dental clearance (already in the bag).
Peace Corps reminds me that I must have three months' worth of prescriptions on my person when I enter country, have two current prescriptive glasses with me (sheeeeit I need another), and that I absolutely must notify them of any illness I happen to subject to in the coming weeks. Peace Corps was then grand enough to remind me that I am due for a PAP smear in October 2010.
Hey, it made me laugh.
21 April 2010
19 April 2010
A Tale of Application
April 2009 - start drafting essays for Peace Corps application while abroad in Rabat, Morocco
2 May 2009 - stateside again
late May 2009 - start BU summer school
August 2009 - complete essays, collect letters or recommendation, submit application
2 September - start senior year of undergrad
16 September 2009 - influenza diagnosis
6 October 2009 - PC info session on campus
9 November 2009 - interview with recruiter in Boston, MA; receive nomination
late November 2009 - second influenza diagnosis
late December 2009 - three doctor appts for medical clearance filled out
28 December 2009 - Larson family Christmas, during which my grandfather and others do their absolute best to convince me that PC will kill me and that I should cease all efforts to join
22 January 2010 - medical clearance packet submitted
15 February 2010 - notification of incomplete medical clearance; return to doctor for lab work
21 February 2010 - third influenza diagnosis; temporary deafness in left ear
26 February 2010 - lab work ordered
15 April 2010 - doctor appt; hearing test, lab work ordered
16 April 2010 - medical clearance submitted
17 April 2010 - medical clearance received
19 April 2010 - medical clearance complete
Needless to say, it's been a little annoying just to get to this point. I spend all of my spare time either reading blogs of current/recent PCV's or political articles so I can get an idea of what I'm seriously considering diving into. Packing lists of past volunteers hold more interest to me right now than finishing up my language acquisition reading for the final next Wednesday.
Reading about others' efforts to join has left me borderline depressed. If they were lucky enough to get an invitation, they were further lucky to get either the time or place they were told during nomination, and as for them getting everything they ever wanted? Almost never. As of right now, I plan to work here in Boston until the end of June, go home, chill for a few weeks, then split for PC service in Africa. There are about eighteen factors of this plan, almost none of which I control. If I don't hear something definite by graduation (only 29 days away), then I pretty much have to stay in Boston the entire next year and settle for just going straight to grad school.
Tell me why that would be a bad thing? Oh, because I have never invested any amount of energy even close to that which I've put into Peace Corps. If this doesn't happen for me, I'll never be able to hold a candle to many people whom I know and love personally.
2 May 2009 - stateside again
late May 2009 - start BU summer school
August 2009 - complete essays, collect letters or recommendation, submit application
2 September - start senior year of undergrad
16 September 2009 - influenza diagnosis
6 October 2009 - PC info session on campus
9 November 2009 - interview with recruiter in Boston, MA; receive nomination
late November 2009 - second influenza diagnosis
late December 2009 - three doctor appts for medical clearance filled out
28 December 2009 - Larson family Christmas, during which my grandfather and others do their absolute best to convince me that PC will kill me and that I should cease all efforts to join
22 January 2010 - medical clearance packet submitted
15 February 2010 - notification of incomplete medical clearance; return to doctor for lab work
21 February 2010 - third influenza diagnosis; temporary deafness in left ear
26 February 2010 - lab work ordered
15 April 2010 - doctor appt; hearing test, lab work ordered
16 April 2010 - medical clearance submitted
17 April 2010 - medical clearance received
19 April 2010 - medical clearance complete
Needless to say, it's been a little annoying just to get to this point. I spend all of my spare time either reading blogs of current/recent PCV's or political articles so I can get an idea of what I'm seriously considering diving into. Packing lists of past volunteers hold more interest to me right now than finishing up my language acquisition reading for the final next Wednesday.
Reading about others' efforts to join has left me borderline depressed. If they were lucky enough to get an invitation, they were further lucky to get either the time or place they were told during nomination, and as for them getting everything they ever wanted? Almost never. As of right now, I plan to work here in Boston until the end of June, go home, chill for a few weeks, then split for PC service in Africa. There are about eighteen factors of this plan, almost none of which I control. If I don't hear something definite by graduation (only 29 days away), then I pretty much have to stay in Boston the entire next year and settle for just going straight to grad school.
Tell me why that would be a bad thing? Oh, because I have never invested any amount of energy even close to that which I've put into Peace Corps. If this doesn't happen for me, I'll never be able to hold a candle to many people whom I know and love personally.
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