Its amazing how much patience one must exercise as a Peace Corps Nominee. I waited 10 months for medical and legal clearance. I was notified of my invitation when I had really lost all hope, and now I'm still waiting for it to come in the mail so that I will know what country I am going to and when I leave. The suspense is killing me!
I have a bad habit of trying to speculate what information will come my way. I changed my mind dozens of times in regard to whether or not I would receive medical clearance. For a while I had decided that there was no way I would be invited to a program until January. Then out of nowhere I've got medical and legal clearance. By the time I was finally notified of my invitation on Friday, I had ruled out the chances of a September departure, but lo and behold I am about to receive an invitation in the mail that could send me to Togo or Cameroon in September. It could also send me anywhere in the world at any time, but we shall wait and see.
I am delighted about the opportunity on my horizon, yet terrified of the work that has to be done before I leave, and very sad to know that I will miss out on so many important events in the lives of my friends and family. I can not yet begin to comprehend how different my life will be. I will be surrounded by strangers, speaking a language that is not my own, working to help those less fortunate that I am. And so the adventure begins. Its probably time to pack, sell, and donate the remaining fragments of my life here and open my mind for the craziness that will be the few years of my life...
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