a nugget of information

Just a little piece of information - my friend Nadine has the same type of medical clearance as I do and she heard from a person in the placement office that "our type" usually get sent to Central Africa, and mentioned Botswana. She said he didn't really sound like he knew what he was talking about, so not to take it too literally, but it's a few crumbs of potential information to tease me (and all of you) with. Looking at the map of where PC serves and taking what I'd consider to be "Central Africa," I'd say this narrows my possibilities down to Botswana, Cameroon, Zambia, ... and then it gets a little hazy as far as geographical borders go.

Like I said - just a nugget. It is just a few days shy of being six weeks since I got that email telling me they'd start placing me in 4-6 weeks... so my fingers are crossed to get some real information within two weeks, but I have no idea. I just know that September is practically around the corner, and I'm READY TO GO!!!

Small update

I thought I had posted this before, but I didn't. Just notice that I got an email from the PC saying that, since I am nominated for September departure, they won't be looking at my file for placement for another 3-5 weeks now. They are trying to place those slated to leave in June (!) and July for now. So, it's an email that tells me to wait. More! But, at least they notified me so I am not sitting here thinking that I'll be placed any day.

Just in case any of you are keeping tabs! I probably won't have anything else to say for... 3-5 weeks!

At last...

After approximately 5-6 months of Doctor's visits, follow-ups, follow ups to follow ups, bureaucracy, and angering a significant percentage of Albany-area medical personnel - I am medically cleared. You can't see it from there, but I'm doing a little dance of joy.

Now on to the battle for placement!!!

And, for absolutely no reason, here is a picture of my cat. Just because I am happy.

Just a Wee Update

Okay - I am sending in what SHOULD be the last of my medical paperwork on Wednesday. For those of you keeping track, here's the breakdown
Applied September 07
Interviewed October 07
Received Medical packet November 07
Sent in completed Medical packet January 08
Received dental clearance February 08
....
will hopefully! be medically cleared by the end of this month.

I've also been in touch with an organization here in Capitaland called Equinox, for victims of domestic violence and their children. It looks like I'll probably be working in the after school program with kids, making snacks, crafts, homework helping, etc. That's going to be fun.

In any case that's the news for now, such as it is. I'll continue updating whenever anything new happens.

1st Contact from PC Placement Office!

Well this isn't really anything huge, but for any readers who are following me along in the process, I thought I'd include it.
I was just contacted by a Student Aide from the PC Placement Office. She encouraged me to send her any updates to my resume or volunteer experience in order to make my application more competitive.
So I wrote back to her and expanded on my resume a bit.
Main point here? Things are moving along, and one or two people in DC are at this very moment deciding my fate.

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Dentally Cleared!

Now I just need legal and medical clearance, then I'll be invited. That is all.