Oh Happy Day!

"Hi Kimberley,


These items completed your file and I was able to finish your review today. Our system had already been updated with your medical qualification and you should get your letter early next week. As we discussed before, it will state that the countries of qualification are those with GYN medical care, in case you need this.

Have a great Peace Corps experience.

Laura"
 
Yep, medically cleared!

$5.50 to Fax Four Pages to PC?

I call bullshit.  Damn you PostNet and your excessive fees.

So I got both my pap waiver and TB evalutions signed.  Pap waiver wasn't so much signed as it was stamped since the doctor was not at that office that day.  So I sat in the waiting area for about 15 minutes waiting for them to come back with my paper after calling the doctor for an "okay." I really hope a stamp is okay, especially since she wrote 15 months was okay on my Medical Kit stuff....

My other doctor scoffed at the fact that I had to have the TB eval done since I CLEARLY had a negative TB test.  The upside is since I was already there I told her how my inhaler hasn't been doing much to help my recent bout of asthmatic symptoms, so she prescribed a steroid inhaler to use if the sample sized albuterol she gave me didn't help.  She also gave me a Z-pack prescription since she saw my throat was a little red.  Weather shifts fucking kill me and I am a baby when sick.

Moral of the story: I hope I get cleared this week!  I'd be okay with next week, too.

On the "moving my ass to Florida" front:
I heard back from BOTH Old Navys I tried to get into contact with today.  It looks like there is a slight chance I'll be a manager in the Gainesville store (I guess he is working with his boss to get me the position), but if not I should wind up a seasonal key holder (no closing on the weekend!).  I have a sit down with the store manager on Monday at 2 so that I can show him how fucking awesome and amazing I am.

Oh, and I HATE packing.  Like, a lot.  I leave in two days and still have so much to do... Guess I should finish that laundry...

This is Spaghetti:

She may look relaxed hanging out with my packed items, but she is going to be hating me this weekend as we move to Florida.  She is quite literally a "scaredy cat" when it comes to car time.  I anticipate her hiding out for a good little bit.

Cortez on the other hand...

He will assume the sleeping postion once he has worn himself out by meowing in my face at the start of our adventure.

I am quite the happy camper that I am able to keep my kitties.  It will be sad to say goodbye when the time comes.

Is it weird that I find this oddly encouraging?

PC Wiki "Out-of-100"

April Dates? Really?!

So close to medical clearance.

I hoping with all my might that I get an invite by the end of November. Mid-November being preferrable :)

Medical Hold!

I kind of feel like I conned my way to the front of the line with my medical assistant, but it was definitely inadvertent.

I started trying to call my medical assistant last Thursday to find out if she could quickly tell me if my "out of range" lab results needed to be re-done since I am leaving next Friday and may or may not have insurance after I move.  I went to voicemail, but it was an indistinct voicemail with no name.  Suspicious.  Rather than leave a message, I tried calling again on Friday only to get the same scenario.  When I came around to Monday and I again got the voicemail, I decided to just try e-mailing instead.  This is how I found out my screening nurse no longer worked for Peace Corps: 

    " Thanks for your message.  I no longer work for the Peace Corps.  Please email all inquiries to Pre-serviceunit@peacecorps.gov.  For immediate assistance, please call 1-800-424-8580, option 2, ext. 1500. "

Gah!  Annoyance hit my face, so I just called the number above, only instead of using the extension, I just asked the operator for OMS and then asked the OMS operator who my new person was.  She transferred me to her and I explained my situation.  This is when she said "I just got your file and you have about 100 before yours."  I explained that I was moving out of state and would really like my insurance to cover it.  After all, all I wanted to know was if labs had to be redone.  She looked through my file telling me my out of ranges weren't worrisome, but I would need my gyno and I to sign a release (there goes another $25, I am sure...) and that my TB test raised a little flag as I had a bigger induration than most people (though, still on the negative side.)

I had the forms sent to me to fill out yesterday via e-mail (after I scanned in a signed waiver allowing her to do so) and my doctor thankfully squeezed me in next week (she was booked up!).  The forms that have to get filled out for the TB thing is pretty much just a risk factor sheet (all of which being things I have a "no" answer for), so it should be pretty quick and painless and hopefully there will be no chest x-ray involved.

That brings me to this morning at 2:21 AM when, as I was hanging out with my friends after being kicked out of my condo communities hot tub, I noticed the little envelope on my phone telling me I had mail.  Lo and behold: Update to my toolkit :)

I am going to consider myself someone who get medical right the first time.  I may have gotten the letter telling me my kit was incomplete, but that's not exactly my fault if the forms needed are follow-up forms given after a quick review.  Go me!

PS-
I am pretty positive I don't have TB, however my recent asthma flare ups due to weather change is causing me to question that slightly.  Damn coincidences.

It is official:

I own far too many clothes.    My goal is to condense it down to two of these 18 gallon storage bins:

Shouldn't be too hard right?  Let's just say I had 7 full of clothes (and I still have about a bucket worth's of clothes hanging in my closet!)  I figure if I can get it all down to two of these (plus the one I intend to house coats and fancy/special occasion clothes), then choosing clothes to take to PC out of what I have should be a bajillion times easier.  Plus, it just means I won't have to deal with moving it all to Florida with me.

So far, there is a giant duffle bag (and I do mean GIANT) full of clothes for the donating.

My overall goal for my big move is to get my life into six of these (maybe seven...) 18 gallon containers in addition to the few boxes of DVDs I have.  Not a bad thing to aspire to, and a great way to anger the slight pack rat in me.

In other good news on the moving front:  I sold my coffee table! Yay! Hopefully the guy actually buys my TV and Blu-Ray player like he said he wanted to.  He definitely seemed interested and quite enjoyed hitting on me, so let's cross our fingers that he buys it tomorrow so that I can pay off my doctor's bills and speeding ticket before I skip town.  Then it is just my couches left to sell as well as the freaking bunk beds my dad left me with.  My bed is going to a friend who LOVES my mattress and I am pretty sure getting rid of my bookcases won't be too headache inducing.

By this time in two weeks, I will be sleeping in the sunshine state and enjoying the fam! :)

PS: Thunderstorms in Vegas!  I love it!  Here's to hoping it actually lasts as long as forecasts say it will.