After a couple months of worry, I decided to try to get in touch with someone to figure out what was up. So I emailed my recruitment officer who told me that everything looked completely on track and to let her know if I hadn't heard about an official invitation by MARCH. MARCH!! That's like 2 months away from now! This whole process is really testing my ability to go with the flow. I usually label myself as a laid back, obsessive planner...which seems like a mutally exclusive combination, but it fits me!
"On track" to me indicates a couple important things. Namely that I am still being considered for my original program that I was nominated for: Health Extension in Francophone Africa leaving July 2010. That means that my conditional medical clearance doesn't seem to be hindering my ability to get an invitation to a West African country. Yay! I decided that I really don't want to go anywhere else, so the fact that Africa is still on the table is pretty darn important for my future as a PCV!
I've also started trying to figure out what country I'm heading for...which is fun to do when I'm procrastinating for the MCAT (which...is tomorrow incidentally). Looking at the Peace Corps Wiki shows that Benin is the most likely (based on staging dates), but another possibility could be Mali (staging dates the last couple years seem to be July...so...yeah). It doesn't seem like my dream locale, Senegal, is on the list for most likely, but you never know with those crazy Peace Corps cats.
As for here, it's cold as can be (I thought I just left the insane cold that was this Kansas winter!!?) but I guess a cold New England winter is not out of the ordinary, haha. This weather makes me want Africa all the more. Seriously, I would be in heaven to have sweat dripping down my body out in the sun right now. But I'm a big kitty cat so that makes sense.
Ok, MCAT mode. Later!
-Elaina
Hi Elaina! It is a very small world, you are the second person I've met so far with the same nomination. It's cool and also nerve racking. It'd be so incredible if we all got to met up in West Africa but then I get worried that we're each other's competition! :(
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Mali is not my first choice of SSA countries either, I'd rather go more south, but so many of the south francophone countries are either not open or leaving before July *shrug*
Guess we'll see!
I hope we hear something soon :)
Hey Elaina, came aross this blog and I have the exact same nomination as you! I got medically cleared two weeks ago and the suspense is killing me...let's all hope we get word soon!
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