Sunday, April 17, 2011

RAS RANT

I am getting so very antsy, Peace Corps.
You have now had my medical kit for almost 7 weeks. I still haven’t heard anything from Medical. L
I am nominated for Asia in July/August. People with this nomination so far have been invited to the Philippines July 1st. The beginning of July is in less than 11 weeks. I believe the rule is that Peace Corps has to give you an invitation at least 6 weeks before you leave. If I am going to the Philippines, I will be leaving July 1st. That means I would have to have my invitation by May 20th. Now, there are less than 5 weeks until May 20th. Placement usually takes 6-8 weeks. AND I’m not even up to placement yet because I’m still not medically cleared! AHHHHHH!
I know that the Peace Corps goes through all of the applicants’ files in order of importance of country and job and whatnot. But I can’t help but be confused as to why people are getting invitations now for September and even October.
For the record, I am totally open to the idea that my nomination can change and I could be going to a different region at a later departure date. Actually... I might even prefer that. But I’m just dying to get some answers.
And if this isn’t an RAS rant, I don’t know what is.