Quick Application Update
[I know this blog has sat dormant for some time; there just hasn't been any news to keep update this site with. However…]
Today I received a call from a 202 area code and it rang twice before I could answer. As soon as I did it disconnected. Anxiety +1. I did some sleuthing as to where 202 represents (Washington, DC! anxiety +1) and to where it originates (Peace Corps medical offices! anxiety +5). It would be about half an hour (anxiety +3) before I received an email follow-up from my Peace Corps screening nurse (anxiety +5) notifying me that she tried to call but was immediately redirected to voice mail (thanks Google Voice!) and requesting that I call her back or give her a number that goes directly to my phone.
So I called her back and left a message. Still not helping with my anxiety — after several months of not hearing anything since nomination — but at least I was able to leave her a message (anxiety +1). Fifteen or so minutes later she calls me back and explains that she has sent me a letter requesting more blood work for my hypothyroidism, that she would also like a brief personal statement about a surgery which my doctor neglected to mention on the forms he filled out, and finally that she would like to apologize for the long delay (anxiety: reset). She said that my files had been sitting in her inbox since February but that, due to understaffing, she had to prioritize the other files according to earlier staging dates. Understandable, but still a little miffing; it in no way changes my staging date (September 2010) but at the same time I would be able to satisfactorily answered the many “Heard anything from the Peace Corps?” questions that I get asked by family members, colleagues, and acquaintances.
Either way it is nice to get the ball rolling once again.
