20 days after I dropped my medical packet in the mail, my Toolkit has been updated to show that they received it. !!! Phew! I was waiting until tomorrow (3 weeks) to call and check on it. Patience, young grasshopper-self.

I want this very much.

Still waiting to see that the PC has received my medical packet. It hasn't even been a week yet, I'm just excited and impatient. Checking out leave-dates for different countries, trying to narrow down what country I may go to. Silly, yes, but je voudrais savoir ou j'irai!

I put my earliest leave-by-date as mid-August, so I can hopefully go to I&G's wedding. Assuming such, here are some possibilities in Africa (crossed fingers for Africa):
September: Morocco, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Cameroon, Malawi, Ghana, Madagascar, Mozambique
October: Niger, Burkina Faso
November: Kenya, The Gambia, Namibia, Lesotho
December: Guinea, Ethiopia

Here is a map for those of you as geographically challenged as I am. (Click to make it bigger). (That's what he said).

Hmm. Off to peacecorpsjournals.com or to study French. Excitedly. (!)

Finally, after multiple weeks of delays, I got my last filling, got all my dental paperwork filled out, got my X-rays, printed and copied everything I needed to.... and.... my medical packet is in the mail today!

Phew. Now for more waiting. And studying French. J'espere que ta tante va mieux. Je resterai probablemente a la maison pour faire la cuisine. J'adore les fetes.

My fingers will be staying crossed for months.

I've been slacking on keeping this updated. I got all my lab results back and I am a normal, healthy, apparently disease free human. I also recently got my lab test bill back and I am a soon-to-be-nearly-broke-unless-my-insurance-pulls-through-for-me human.

I was supposed to have my last dentist appointment 3 days ago, which is my last hurdle in sending out my med packet, but I have been mildly sick and figured coughing all over my dentist whilst he drills my tooth is a poor thing to do. So on Wednesday, 3 days from now, I will have my last filling, collect my X-rays, and send off my magical packet of health to the Peace Powers That Be.

I also have to complete one minor essay about my mental fitness that I have managed to put off writing for a good month and a half.

'Spose I otter etudier francais maintenant.

and on and on...

Wednesday: My first doctor's appointment that lasts a thilling 2 hours. Lots of poking and prodding. I got three shots: TB test, polio vaccine and tetanus vaccine.

Thursday: First dentist appointment. My teeth are pretty awesome for not having been to the dentist in 2 or 3 years. Unfortunately, my occasional soda habit has caught up to me and I have three cavities. One of them is under the filling I've already had put in twice.

Friday: My second dentist appointment. I get 2 out of 3 fillings done, including the one I have to have redone. That one may turn into a root canal. Ugh, I hope not. Having a totally numb lower mouth is fun. I keep trying to whistle but I can't.

Saturday: Go back to the clinic to get my TB test read. My nurse turns out to be an RPCV from the Solomon Islands, Rural Education and Development. Awesome.


On Monday I have to go get blood drawn and sent off. I get my last filling and potentially a root canal on Feb 12. Hopefully after that I will have everything in the mail!! So I can wait 3 months more... :)