A couple weeks after I mailed my medical packet to the Peace Corps office in D.C. I got an email saying that I didn't have a totally compete packet. The doctor forgot to check one box on the medical history form and I was in need of a Polio vaccine. I got my shot last Friday (10-15) and faxed my paperwork to D.C. My medical stuff will be evaluated by a Peace Corps nurse. If that all clears, then my file goes through a legal review, and it would be after that point that I'd get an invitation to a specific country.
This is all starting to feel very real and I won't lie, I'm very scared some days. Last week some construction workers hit the water line into the NAU music building, and we had to use the facilities in the library (the building next door). I caught myself thinking what an inconvenience this was, then realized how spoiled I've become. In eight short months, I'll most likely be living somewhere without running water or electricity. Oh how my perspective needs to change in such a short time.
I worry how soon my departure is coming up. I will have but two weeks after graduation from NAU to get ready to leave for my Peace Corps service. The response among my friends and colleagues about me going to Africa is still mixed.... but this decision can't be about other people. I will come back a different person and a better conductor.... and I can't not go because I'm afraid it's going to be difficult.
Again, I wait.
