Hello all my friends,
We have turned in our aspiration statements, resumes, passport and visa applications, and it truly seems that all the requirements have been met. Now we wait again.
We have worked out storage issues with my in-laws and I have to sell my wonderful Passat. The cats have a possible home, and we are very worried about their futures, maybe more than our own at this point.
I get to turn an upcoming business trip into a visit to my family in Arkansas to say good-bye and see their cocmplete puzzlement at my decision to go to Africa. They, mostly, cannot fathom the reason for leaving a good job and comfort for the very ideal of poverty. They are relatively poor in my family..
I have one question still: should we bring up a recent non-health impacting visit to the dermatologist? We get scared by the line in our invitation letters saying that non-disclosure, as confirmed by the FBI, will be punished by dismissal from the Peace Corps. The matter seems trivial but…
I have appreciated this site during the months of uncertainty. Funny, but now that the uncertainty is past, I don’t feel the need to come here anymore? Anyone else experience this?