Nomination!

I got my official Peace Corps nomination towards the end of the spring semester! My recruiter e-mailed me to tell me about the nomination on 4/29/11 and sent me the official nomination a few days later on May 3:

I am so excited to be assigned to somewhere in Latin America and to know that I will be teaching English (hopefully with kids!)! That is what I have been hoping for all along...I cannot wait to get awesome at Spanish! When I first heard about the nomination, I was coincidentally at work with a former PCV (Peace Corps Volunteer) named Amanda who served in Honduras. It was fun to hear the news with someone else who appreciated how excited I was and who I now pepper with incessant PC-related questions haha.

Since I got the nomination, but departure date has been narrowed down a bit to January 2012. Right now, I am smack in the middle of getting all of my medical clearances done. On Friday, I had all four of my appointments in one day, so that I wouldn't have to go home to Lancaster from Gettysburg more than once. So, needless to say, I was poked and prodded and injected all day long, and my arms are still sore. BUT I got all of the appointments out of the way, and am now just waiting to get some test results back before I send in my medical packet to the Peace Corps Office of Medical Services. Because I don't have any major health problems, I should get cleared pretty quickly. That's what I'm hoping for, since the sooner I get cleared, the sooner I can get my official invitation and find out which country I'll be serving in!