28 Days Later

Last time I did a calendar check, I had 8 weeks before staging.

I now have 4 weeks. Three more Saturdays. That’s it.

The end of this week was filled with bits of newsy goodness. Thursday, I found out I’d been (re-)granted medical clearance - so the hand surgery fiasco is officially over - and Friday, I got a “Welcome to Peace Corps Ghana” email from my future Country Director. Today I got my staging packet in the mail: if you, too, know what a staging packet signifies, you understand how excited that made me. I made the “do this 3 seconds after you get your staging packet” call to Sato, which means I finally-for-real-and-true have entered the system that will take me first to Philadelphia, then a few days later to Amsterdam, and finally: Accra.

It’s really strange to have spent the equivalent of an entire semester playing the day-counting, hour-ticking, waiting game to a departure date. When I finally do make it to Philly/Amsterdam/Accra, it will take some time to realize I can finally stop counting.

Here’s to no more waiting.