The life and times of a PCV in the Philippines.
So, I made up my mind and called my (former) PO. I decided to go ahead and switch regions, and I *should* receive an invitation in about a month. I figure, either way I’m going to have to wait and have more time to work and get things in order. Read More …
I received a call from my placement officer today- apparently the person I spoke to yesterday was NOT that person. She says, “well you got medical clearance yesterday- but your program is full so you can’t leave in November.” After further discussion she tells me that my next option is Read More …
So, after keepign myself awake last night stressing about my impending deadline, I got a phone call this afternoon. It was my nurse, looking over my file asking a few questions. My doctor had given me an EKG, not realizing that it was only for people 50 and older, and Read More …
I don’t think it’s the caffiene I had earlier in the evening that’s doing it either. I tried going to bed earlier and it didn’t work. I just laid there quietly freaking out about everything that’s going on, or (more importantly) not going on, right now. According to the solar Read More …
Still haven’t gotten the magic email- I’m on my way to becoming a complete basketcase.
I called the medical office again today to say, “my deadline’s coming up, any news?” just as I was told last time, “call back if you haven’t heard anything in two weeks.” I think I may try to call my actual PO tomorrow, if I can figure out who that Read More …
Still no word from the PC medical office. I was told to call back on Wednesday, but I’m calling first thing on Monday morning. This is getting ridiculous.
That nomination date is getting closer and closer and it’s starting to make me a bit nervous that I haven’t heard anything from the medical office. Today I made a little phonecall and left a rather poor message. I was not very organized in my leaving it, as I (foolishly) Read More …
As of this morning, I have *dental* clearance. Now I just have to wait for medical clearance to come through. I’m going to give it three weeks and then I’m going to give them a little call to “check on things.” Yaaaaaay!
The upper half of my mouth is numb and I feel kinda ridiculous, buuuuuut I got two fillings that needed to be gotten (according to PC). I received the paperwork Friday afternoon, stopped by my dentist’s office this morning to figure out what needed to be done, returned at 3 Read More …
So, I got an envelope in the mail from the Peace Corps medical office today. They sent back my dental files with a note saying that I need two fillings and a letter from my dentist stating that he’d done the work before I can get dental clearance. On the Read More …
Recently, I’ve been going through many of my personal belongings in an effort to cut down on the volume of sheer stuff that I have and also to hopefully sell a few things that I don’t need. In doing that I’ve uncovered some things that I’ve forgotten about or have Read More …