Rise and shine

I received medical clearance early this month and I still have yet to be contacted by the P.O. office.  It seems all the blogs I have been reading lately are contacted within the first 3 days after their clearance in request for an updated resume.  This makes me wonder.  

I will just have positive thoughts that I will be contacted within the next few weeks... and will patiently hold out any contact till April (which is what is stated on my nomination form).  

Recently, people have been asking how I am handling the anxiety of not knowing where I will be moving to or when... and to be honest,  I have been extremely positive.  Yes, it's frustrating because you pretty much have to place your life on hold (ex. grad apps, job apps, apartment rentals) but this is life, and life is not always butterflies and roses. 

On another note, today I am teaching a class on nonverbal communication with my group in intercultural communication.  I am super excited!  I have always enjoyed public speaking and today I get to see what it is like to teach a large group of college students. 

I hope you all have a wonderful amazing weekend!! (almost Friday... yaahahh!!)

xoxo

Katie

Happy Valentines Day

Snow white said when I was young,
"One day my prince will come."




Happy Valentines Day... I love being surrounded by love :)


xoxo


Katie

Timeline

Stage 1:

Application -September 17th, 2010

Health Status Review- September 17th, 2010

Stage 2:

Interview- September 22nd, 2010
                                            
Stage 3:

Nomination- September 28th, 2010 (Sub-Sahara Africa - French based program for Business Advising - Departure June 2011)

Stage 4:

Medical Packet Recieved- October 5th, 2010

Medical Packet Submitted-  November 1st, 2010

Dental Clearance- December 15th, 2010

Medical Clearance-  February 7th, 2010

Stage 5:

Contact from PO- March 11th, 2011

Final Interview- N/A - didn't have one

Invitation- March 25th, 2011 --- Received in Mail April 5th, 2011... I am going to CAMEROON :) Agroforestry and Environment Program as a Farm and Agribusiness Advisor.

Stage 6:

Departure date- September 15th, 2011

Medical Clearance!

I absolutely love my review nurse.  She was amazing... I left her a message last week regarding the fax that somehow didn't go through and she finally received it and personally called me to tell me I am cleared :)

I will received the official letter in the mail this week and on to placement I go.

I am so excited!!  I am finally onto placement and hopefully will hear from them in the next two weeks!

xoxo

Katie

Breathe

It's an amazing day.  No reason... it just is.

xoxo

Katie

Speed bumps

Has anyone else had problems with the medical office fax machine???? I am so irritated at the moment because I attempted to fax over the "respond to all requests from Peace Corps as soon as possible" items that were sent back to me last week and thats just it...I faxed it but I kept getting an error saying that it reached it destination but they were unsure if it actually was printed. (meaning that there could have been a lack of paper or it went electronically to someone's computer??)

Then I called my nurse to check with her,  her answering machine says to contact another lady if you are inquiring about a fax... and I proceeded to contact this woman only to get another contact.  Needless to say I left three messages two days ago and still no response.  I understand that they probably get a million calls and emails... but never the less it is still irritating because I don't know where my personal information went to.

Has anyone else had this type of problem? Should I just contact the general medical office to check?

xoxo

Katie