While my first official blog posts are months away. I felt like sharing the concept I'm sure you are or will be familiar with very soon. I've officially entered the 'Hurry up, and wait' stage. The last two things that are keeping me from saying I AM going to Togo versus saying I'm going to Togo* are the background check and medical clearance.
I sent my fingerprint cards and information a few months ago, as of yet I've heard nothing, although from what I read in this case the adage 'no news, is good new' seems to be the case. For the medical tasks, you are given 60 calendar days to finish a variable to do list in on physical paper, scan it and submit for review. Luckily even with the holiday season, I've finished 15 days before the deadline.
Now I'm waiting for a Peace Corps Nurse to review my paperwork and inform me of any form mistakes or new additional paperwork I need to complete. I'm unsure how long this will take since you aren't given an ETA, hopefully, it's soon but I have a sneaking feeling that I'll need to wait the extra 15 days before my information gets added to the large stack of others' medical histories in need of review.
As I said this has been a classic example of hurry up and wait. Hopefully, soon I'll be cleared and ready Togo (sorry about the pun, couldn't help myself.)
