Archive for August 2008
Rollercoaster of Emotion
Friday, August 29, 2008 | 9:47 amIt’s been a day now and I’ve had some time to let it sink in. I feel a little disappointed, but strangely, I’m not as distraught as I thought I’d be. I feel bad for my boss, who’s been interviewing potential replacements for weeks, and my boyfriend, who is waiting to make a [...]
PC Update
Thursday, August 28, 2008 | 11:43 amI called the Placement Officer and left her a very upbeat message about my eagerness to talk to her about alternative placement. I hope she calls me back without delay.
I also wrote her an e-mail:
[Name Removed],
I wanted to write you and introduce myself. My name is Harmony, and I was nominated to Africa [...]
Service Delayed
Thursday, August 28, 2008 | 8:16 amWell, I was getting antsy so I wrote a letter to the cute-sounding Josh at the Africa Placement Desk yesterday afternoon. This morning, I found a reply in my inbox - it went something like this:
Hi Harmony,
Thanks for your message. You are correct that you were nominated for a program leaving in mid-October. [...]
Counting Down
Friday, August 22, 2008 | 8:13 pm7 weeks and 2 days until the program for which I’ve been nominated departs. Now I’m about 99% certain which program my recruiter chose for me. You see, Peace Corps has a firm 6-week rule for sending out official invitations. There is only one more October program leaving greater than 6 [...]
Not My Letter…
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | 9:45 pmBut scary, nonetheless. A Peace Corps applicant, nominated to the same region as I, but scheduled to leave a couple weeks earlier, received this letter today (s/he posted it on the PeaceCorps2 Yahoo! group):
Dear Peace Corps Applicant,
Greetings from the Peace Corps! I am writing to inform you about an important update in regards to the [...]
Endless Anticipation
Thursday, August 14, 2008 | 8:10 pmWell, it looks like people are beginning to get their official Peace Corps invitations for the program to which I believe I’m nominated. Four people on the PeaceCorps2 Yahoo! group received theirs in just the last two days alone! I can only hope that mine is not far behind.
Fingers crossed that I get [...]