Done for a while.

I interviewed with the Peace Corps recruiter on campus today and as far as I can tell, things went really well. He seems like a genuinely nice guy. He asked me a series of questions about my cultural experiences, most of which I had heard before (thanks Holly :)), so I was sort of prepared. It really sounds like he likes us and it's just up to the couple's placement office (and the thirteen other levels of bureaucracy that we'll have to endure). Holly's interview is right now, so I think I'll skip class to see how it went.

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Seriously? More Paperwork?

It is still really early in the process, but I can already see where things are headed. We filled out our addenda tonight along with a couple's questionnaire. These seem like pretty simple things, but the addenda were especially time consuming, plus some of it was included on our original applications, so there's the pressure of finding new ways to say the same things again. Aside from these minor complaints, it is nice to be sort of finished with all of the preliminary stuff and ready for the interview tomorrow.

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More paperwork...

Today the packets from our recruiter did arrive. They included a letter, the fingerprint forms (and we promptly went to the police station to have our prints done), the National Agency security form, a "Joining Peace Corps as a Couple Questionnaire," info sheets and addenda forms for our qualifying activities--Paul and I both received sheets for Secondary Education English Teaching and Community Service. Woo!

Now the next step is getting all of this filled out and getting ready for the interview on Wednesday!

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A Toolkit to Call my Own

Yesterday I received my letter officially acknowledging my application and containing my Applicant Toolkit information. I logged in and saw my application status and the checklist to nomination:

Our recruiter e-mailed us two days ago to say that he sent the supplement to the application--including the fingerprint form, the agency check form (which is a background check consent, I think), and skill addenda. The addenda are online to look at, so I am hoping I'll receive Education, Community Services, and maybe even Urban Youth Development. While that paperwork is due March 15, the recruiter said we can turn them in to him personally when we see him for our interview on Wednesday--just 3 days away! I hope they arrive in time to give them to him. I'm also not sure why it says they haven't received any of my recommendation forms; I know that all three were submitted more than a week ago, but it probably just takes time for them all to be sorted to where they need to be.

My hope is that by Wednesday the rest of those boxes will be ready to be checked!

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Officially Applied!

After getting recommendations straightened out and finishing his thousanth draft of the personal statements, Paul submitted his application last night! We're now officially applied as a couple. I also e-mailed our interviewer to alert him to our accomplishment and ask a few more questions; I found out that all married couples are considered together once a quarter for positions leaving one year from that time. So right now they are in the process of assigning January, February, March 2007. In May, they will assign April, May, and June 2007, which is when Paul and I hope to leave. I hope that our Applicant Toolkit packets arrive soon; they will give us a login to allow us to check our application status through the whole process and, I have heard, reveal secret parts of the Peace Corps website! Now the real waiting begins!

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