Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Oh, the places you’ll go…

It’s now been almost three weeks since my medical packet arrived . While I haven’t made too much progress on my packet, I did graduate from college & start a new job. I graduated on May 19. It was a beautiful day– sunny & warm. The week prior was filled with lots of fun senior activities that kept me busy and tired. It already seems so long ago. After graduation I immediately started my job as a staffer for Cynthia...

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

My medical packet has arrived!

I’ve been told the medical process was going to be long, with lots of hoops to jump through, and boy that’s not a joke. I knew I was going to have some extra work to do because I underwent knee surgery in the last year and because I have anxiety, but I didn’t know the extent of the paper work I would need to track down. Plus, there are a few other minor things that I have to get signatures on– having orthotics in my shoes requires two pages of questions. I understand the reason the Peace Corps needs me to track down all this information,...