So good news: I have finally gotten legally cleared. This actually happened several weeks ago on April 10, but I haven't posted it on the blog until now because I have been holding out for more, actually significant news. But nope. Still nothing. This sucks.
The time I was supposed to receive my invitation has gone and passed (that was supposed to happen Mid-April), although people I talk to and read about on facebook's Peace Corps Group Page are continually getting their invitations despite having departure dates in June, July, August...Now it is coming up on my supposed departure date (Mid-June) and they have still not begun to look at my medical paperwork.
This has been a constant, daily stresser for me because I am nearing the end of my employment for both of my jobs. (I had arranged for both of my jobs to be temporary and to terminate in June, which I thought would be perfect timing for my supposed Peace Corps departure in Mid-June). So, the fact that they are taking their sweet time with my paperwork and not updating about it means I may or may not have to find another job for the summer, as well as another place to live. I mean, it would be fine by me if they needed to delay me a couple months or so, as long as they tell me that's their plan.
I think this aspect of the Peace Corps experience is A-typical, since everyone else I have talked to going into PC is leaving at about the time they were told they would. I even posted on the Peace Corps Group Page wall, asking if anyone was experiencing the same situation that I am, but I never got any responses. So I'm starting to worry.
The email I sent the pre-service unit yielded no promising results, just a short response basically telling me to shut up and wait it out. (You can find the actual, more subtly worded version of that email in my previous blog post). Since then, I have been brainstorming ideas for what I can do to get them to look at my paperwork. The best idea I have so far is to re-send in all of the completed medical paperwork (since I made copies). Maybe when they recieve it at the PC headquarters in Washington, they'll realize my file needs to be expidited.
If you are curious about how it feels to be in my situation, just stare at the image below for 5 whole minutes.
Now stare at it for SEVEN MONTHS, and you'll get how I'm feeling
