It has been a couple of weeks, a very long couple of weeks. Two weeks left in the election. I declined my Peace Corps invitation. I have applied and even interviewed for jobs post the election but decided the new plan is to have no plan.
No plan. No nothing. Just space and time, to breathe, to feel, to relax, to laugh, to love.
Everything happens for a reason I know, and maybe I don't need to figure out the reasons all the ti...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
I've been absent these past few days-- with good reason. Within 24 hours of accepting my Peace Corps invitation I received news that a close family member had been diagnosed with cancer. Without divulging too many of the details, we were all devastated. Traveling to other side of the world no longer sounded appealing, I want to be home, with my family. A no brainer. My family will always come first. So it is with sadness in my heart I declined my invitation to serve in the Peace Corps-- however no regret or reservation....
Thursday, October 4, 2012
I thought I should carve a little time out of my evening to give a recap of the chaos that was yesterday before all my memories of it escape into the recesses of my mind.
Yesterday I had two early meetings, mid-way through the second meeting I got a call from the Peace Corps (I may or may not have saved the number into my phone). I stepped out of the meeting quickly-- it was a placement officer (PO) wanting to do my "final placement" interview....
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Bahhhh. Had my placement interview this morning. Got the call as I was in a campaign meeting. Called the woman back as soon as I got out for a 10 minute interview. It was awkward, I got off the phone feeling very ambivalent. The conversation did not flow and I felt flustered and we just didn't click.
However, she did tell me I will be working with children who have been affected by HIV/AIDS from what I could understand from the brief description I got. She told me I will be leaving at the end of January and that I should be receiving my...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
No monumental news, but baby steps in the right direction. I had a dream last night that I had received an invitation to serve in Senegal-- but then I woke up. Boo. It must have been a premonition that the Peace Corps would be contacting me today!
My pal, Doug, from the Placement and Assessment Office, sent me an email requesting more information before my placement interview (apparently I'm having one of those). He asked me to send him an updated resume & transcript, and to fill out and return a form of questions he...
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