Medical Clearance... NOT.... Well okay, but first...

So I woke up on March 9th to an e-mail from the Peace Corps (for some reason every update e-mail is sent at 5AM exactly). I thought, "it's waaayyy too soon, they are letting me know that I'm missing something," and online all the toolkit said was "Complete. A decision has been reached regarding your medical review. Please look for a letter in the mail."

So like anybody I went to work, I went to the gym, ate lunch, except I had this looming over my head like a hawk going after a little field mouse. I eventually come home to see an e-mail from the Education Desk:

Greetings from the Assessment & Placement Office at Peace Corps Headquarters in Washington, DC!

The Office of Medical Services has informed us that you have received your medical clearance. Over the next few weeks, your file will be reviewed by the Assessment & Placement Staff for further evaluation. This includes evaluation of technical skills, suitability and legal information. Upon completion of the assessment, you may be considered for an invitation. Please keep in mind that this stage in the process can be competitive as there are typically two applicants nominated for each spot available. Given this, an invitation is never guaranteed and applicants should make no plans to go overseas unless an invitation has been issued and you have spoken to headquarters staff to accept your invitation."

So I was pretty much a school boy at a video game store. So I was pretty excited, and that night I e-mailed an updated resume and details about the two jobs I work at now. So the next day I had the day off from school so I slept until 9. I woke up, got breakfast and such, but then I got a phone call. It was a 202 area code that I miss so much, and I knew it was the Peace Corps. The woman on the phone was really nice from OMS. She told me that Placement looked at my file and had some questions about my nystagmus, despite the fact I was already cleared. So she wanted me to write a personal statement to the effect of, "I'm not blind, and nystagmus won't affect my work." LAME. So I did that in the morning then faxed it to the Peace Corps that afternoon. She told me I had a Hold on my account because of it, but I haven't seen anything about it on my Toolkit.

I'm still hoping that I'll find out the deal within a couple weeks.

The next time I write I'll either have an invitation or I will be pretty sad....