Monthly Archives: February 2011

To All My Fellow Peace Corps Senegal June 2011 Invitees – Are you out there?!

I know this is way in advance, but I have created a group on Facebook named “Peace Corps Senegal June 2011″ for anyone who has received an invitation for June 2011.  Please join if you’re coming with me… come on, do it.  1 is the loneliest number, after all!  Can’t wait to meet all of my fellow PCSenegal invitees! Cheers!

Crossing Another Thing Off the List: The Big Blue Packet Arrives!

 

Back in high school, I had a teacher who assigned his senior students to create something called an ‘Exit Plan,’ about a month before graduation.  In this Exit Plan, every student had to create a resume, a list of long and short-term goals for the future, a fictional budget sheet for yourself if you were to enter the workforce immediately after graduation, your hopes and dreams, among other things including a timeline of your life.  Essentially for me, it became this sort of personalized analysis of my life up to that point and where I wanted to be in the next 5-10 years.

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Finally… an INVITATION!!!!

My RAS (Restless Applicant Syndrome) was really getting to my over the past few weeks and so, it has been a while since I have posted.  This one will be short and sweet: MY INVITATION IS BEING SENT… TODAY!

Here’s the email my PO sent me earlier this morning:

Hello Stanzi. I apologize it has taken me longer than anticipated to complete your review. You have been granted Placement clearance your invitation for the June departure program will be sent out today. The program is a Small Business Development assignment in Francophone Africa. Your invitation kit should arrive in 3 to 5 business days.

I will write a longer post later!  I cannot even begin to contain my excitement right now! AHHHH!

CONGRATS to everyone who has gotten an invite recently… It’s great to share the moment with you all!  And to those still waiting, keep waiting… it’s worth it in the end!