No more school exams; bring on the PC exams!

Well, I've finally graduated! Hooray for me! It all went off without any problems and my family was well behaved. They also helped move me into my new home (I'm living with a lady I met a Curves--random huh?). Things seem to really be shaping up.

The Europe vacation I had been planning for months fell though this weekend, which is a huge bummer, but on the bright side I'm visiting my aunt in Colorado for one week and I leave tomorrow. That is something to be excited about.

I also received my Peace Corps medical packet. What a pain!! So, I have to get a big ol' physical done (scheduled for Thursday next week), I need to have a huge questionnaire filled out by my school counselor regarding my mental health (which is just fine), I have to see a orthopedic specialist for my knee (how will I ever afford that?), I need a vision exam ($), a hearing exam (where do you get that done?), a "woman" exam (Eeek!!), and I have to go through a big dental exam as well (scheduled for Thursday too). Unfortunately, Kortney has no insurance of any kind not to mention no assurance that she will get in.

In an effort to remedy my problem, today I purchased a dental discount membership online and called one of the supported dentists. However, I'm not so sure how this is going to go. The receptionist could hardly speak English so let's pray this works out okay. I hope they've done a PC exam before... :S

As far as my thoughts about PC, I'm really anxious and nervous. I'm plagued with, "Where will I go?" "What will I do?" "Will I want to come home early?" "Will I be accepted?" "How long do I have to wait for an invite?" I'm going nuts.

I keep getting emails from ELI asking me to return again and that has me second guessing myself too. I want to work in Southeast Asia, but PC isn't really offering teaching positions there anytime in the near future while ELI is in desperate need for CTF volunteers. However, PC fits my long term goals and doesn't require that I fund raise. I'm not sure I could raise the 7G's ELI would need before August when I'd leave.

For whatever reason still unknown to me, I'm pushing ahead with Peace Corps. I hope I get an invite soon. The worst thing that could happen is they reject me based on medical needs (which is unlikely because I'm pretty healthy, active, and young i.e. resilient), forcing me to stay here, work for a year, and go to grad school. I'm leaving it in God's hands.