Medically pre-qualified!

I got an e-mail yesterday morning from the Office of Medical Services letting me know that based on the health history form I'm medically pre-qualified for Peace Corps Service! My information is now being sent to the Placement Office, where they'll review my file and consider me for various countries of service.  Crazy to think my life is in their hands as far as where I'll be spending the next two years of my life.  I'm not sure how long it'll take to hear anything, but the next thing I hear should be an official invitation!

Starting the new medical process!

I've received several e-mails in the past few days regarding the new application process updates and the changing medical process.  I wasn't expecting to hear anything until August 15th, but today I got a few messages from the medical office prompting me to complete the Health History Form.  Basically I answered a bunch of questions about past/current medical issues, surgeries, health issues, etc.  Now that that's filled out I just wait to see what the next steps are for any follow-up I might need to do with regard to my medical history.  It's getting seriously real now, and I couldn't be more excited, but the nervousness and anxiety that's been in the back of my head the whole time is also getting much more real.  I'm still processing the idea of leaving in 6 months. Life as I know it is changing, and I'm trying to soak up every enjoyable minute I can while I think about the future and what's to come...