I finally received my envelope from the Peace Corps detailing the information needed. It doesn't appear to be too heinous, surprisingly. The initial shock of five additional forms has passed, and I'm just going to grin and bear it.
Something I've been turning over in my mind is to change my availability date to sometime this fall. My reasons for this are that I am probably going to miss the July/August cutoff date anyway. If I know for sure I am not leaving until say, October, I will just go ahead and buy a cheap used car and move out West. I've had my heart set on Albuquerque lately, for some reason. I don't know, I think I just want to have a "normal" life for a while. I think a few months will be enough to get it out of my system. Because I do want to do the Peace Corps, I know that for sure, but I'm pretty sure I won't be able to leave before September anyway. So it just seems appropriate to kind of a plan a non-Peace Corps life for a few months so I don't get stuck in Chapel Hill. I'm scared I'm going to get rejected or deferred or be invited to leave in December and suddenly have to find a job at the last minute before my lease runs out July 31st. I've put in my last day to be June 10th at my current job at the daycare. Peace Corps or not, I would have done the same because I'm graduating over the summer, and I'm ready to move on. I've been in college for four years, worked at the daycare for two years, lived in the same state virtually my entire twenty-one years of life (minus studying abroad).
I know I would love to do the Peace Corps, but I do wish for a break. It has been non-stop since high school. I was in all the advanced classes in high school, got a job towards the end of senior year. I then worked two jobs over the summer before college. Once I began my degree, I had a job the entire time while being a full-time student.
This past year has been especially crazy. Besides the normal senior anxiety, I've been working on this Peace Corps application for a good year, plus dealing with a lot of family things.
I've only told my best friend Christina about my plans to maybe move out West before the Peace Corps. My grandfather will think it's a bad idea, I already know. He'll wonder what's the point of spending so much money for a move that's so far away, when I'll only have a few months before Peace Corps.
But in my eyes, it's a vacation, even though I'll be working. I will just get a little, non-stressful job. I love the daycare, but I feel like I am too young to have so much stress on me. The longer I've been there, the more responsibility I've had to take on. I started out as an afternoon assistant teacher which was really fun, because I was just a sort of aide to the teacher. For the past half year, I've been the only afternoon teacher in a pre-K classroom, with a class that is one of the most lovable, intelligent, and fun to be around that I've had, but they have needed a lot of extra attention due to specific issues within the class. So basically, I'm worn out right now from my studies, eight children's lives, etc.
So my current plan is to continue with the medical process and when they ask for an updated resume, I will tell them the earliest is November. It seems like a good plan to me????
Your former glories
And all the stories
Dragged and washed
With eager hands
