Bonsoir!

So its only been a month since they have received my medical packet but it feels like an eternity!To give you some visual representation of what I was given, I took a quick screen shot of my toolkit:




That said my nomination is for June 2012 which means that they probably wont even look at my packet until mid February/ early March.

I have to say that the waiting is by far the hardest part of this process so far. Up till now I have always had a next step to work on actively but now all I can do is check my e-mail every day looking for that message saying "there has been a change to your toolkit".

However I am currently taking a French course to prepare me (at least slightly) and make me a bit more competitive for invitation and placement pending medical clearance (I always have to say 'pending'! Think of it like knocking on wood. I'm not too superstitious but I'll take anything to help me feel better at this point).
As a native English speaker my biggest issue with French so far is the number system. 1-69 is all fine and good but our 70 is there 60 +10. They don't have a word for 'seventy'!!! (or ninety for that matter). That's going to take a bit of getting used to.
Also as a Biology major I was a bit disappointed to find out that I will have to learn all new terms for anatomical features. You would think that as we are both Latin derived languages there would be some major similarities, but not so much. Oh well.

I want to write more, but there's not too much more to say. So till I get a response from Peace Corps OMS. . .

-Au revoir