How it all started

As most of you know, I have started the process of becoming a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa. Back in January, I decided to stop applying to nursing schools and go full force in another direction...the Peace Corps. To some, this may have appeared to be an unplanned and rash decision, but on the contrary, this had been something I had been thinking about since before I graduated from college. When I brought it up then, I think everyone thought it was just an idea that would quickly pass, and for a couple years it looked as if it had. But much to my mother's shigrin, the thought was always in the back of my head, and when I brought it up again in January, I think she knew there was no going back. Before the month of January was over, I had submitted my application, interviewed with the recruiter in Tucson, and been nominated for the health program in Africa. I am now in the process of being medically and dentally cleared (a process that is much more thorough than you would think!) and am awaiting a definated departure date and country. As of right now I am supposed to be leaving sometime in July, but this can always change if something stalls the process. I am so excited and cannot wait for this chapter of my life to begin!!!