“Slim pickings”. That’s what our recruiter has told us today. We don’t qualify for anything leaving in June 2006, so that’s the reason for our non-nomination status. We are now in a life of waiting until late October, early November for nominations. Sigh. At the moment, between the both of us we qualify for more [...]
Archive for July, 2005
In a Life of Waiting
Posted in A Previous Life on July 26, 2005 | 2 Comments »
No Locus Standi
Posted in A Previous Life on July 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
After not having heard from our recruiter for almost 4 weeks, we finally received an email from on Saturday. It’s intersting to see what sort of changes have happend since we were interviewed:
1. I’m no longer intrested in qualifying for Health Extension2. I’m no longer vegetarian– but vegan3. I really want to teach English in [...]
Can we leave in June?
Posted in A Previous Life on July 13, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Right now the current Peace Corps buzz at the Smith & Rodriguez residence is thinking about what we can do to make ourselves ready to prepare to accept an nomination leaving in June 2006. Will we have finals? Will we be able to choose units that finish up in early June? What is the earliest [...]
Notes from Peru
Posted in A Previous Life on July 8, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Will and I received an email yesterday from a friend serving in Peru. She left last September and pretty soon it will have been a year since she left the comforts of America for the unknown in village life in some remote corner of Peru. She met her current boyfriend during training and have been [...]
Maybe Not
Posted in A Previous Life on July 4, 2005 | 1 Comment »
So I did some thinking and maybe it wouldn’t be that perfect if we got to go to China. I read that volunteers work and live on university campuses. No matter what, adjusting to life in China will be something we’ve done before. Asia is so different from any region we’ve ever visited, my friend [...]
Pure Speculation
Posted in A Previous Life on July 2, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Since we have all of this time to wait before we can even hear about programs we may be nominated for, I’ve devoted myself to re-reading everything I’ve read about the Peace Corps online, including blogs, journals and groups regarding depature dates and specific programs. During the interveiw our recruiter suggested that I really consider [...]
Not soon enough apparently
Posted in A Previous Life on July 1, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Will and I have FINALLY been interviewed, it lasted until 2am this morning and we couldn’t get to sleep until almost 3am out of sheer excitement and a bit of disappointment. Getting up for work today at 6:30am has been tough, but I dreamt of good things. The interview went well thankgoodness and we’re eligible [...]
