Another Month

Wow! It’s been a month since I last posted. That’s weird because a lot of things have happened over the last month. I had my interview for the Peace Corp. It went really well and they are ready to send me away for 2 years. It looks like I’ll be posted to Central Asia, Something-stan, as Dave and I have come to call it. I’ll know more when I’m medically cleared. The basic description I was given of the project was educating health care workers about AIDS safety. If I can get all the medical stuff done then I would go on this project as soon as June. If not then I might not go till November. I really don’t want to wait that long. So I’m in Pittsburgh right now trying to get it all done. I tried to do it in DC but when I went to the VA the PA I saw just gave me attitude. She was all upset about me not having a folder with my complete medical history. Next time I fill out a questionnaire on my health I’m just clicking all the no boxes. They don’t need to know about my knee surgery, do they? So I came up to Pittsburgh for 5 days. I saw the family doctor that I saw in high school and college. I haven’t been there since ’99. She didn’t seem happy about that but I’ve only been to the doctor once since then and I didn’t go there because I didn’t have insurance at the time. She was also upset that I had so many forms to fill out. She didn’t think there would be so many. This is a government program, what did she expect? Tomorrow I’m going to see the Dentist. He is a guy from my church here in Pittsburgh. I called to make an appointment and left a message on the office voice-mail because I kept calling and they didn’t answer. So the dentist called my parents and said that they didn’t have an opening but would work through lunch for me. I wonder if I can have pizza delivered to the office as a thank you. They shouldn’t be too upset with me; until they find out that I haven’t been to see a dentist in probably 3 years. But I’ll try to say that with pizza in my mouth and maybe they won’t hear me that well.

So after I make the dentist upset, I’ll get to the third and biggest reason I came to Pittsburgh, my friend Lori. She’s back for a little vacation, from India. She just finished her first year in India and is going back for another. It was pretty clear from phone conversations and her blog that she was coming back for good and then all the sudden she announces that she’s staying back for another year. So I’m interested to hear the story. I’m going to have dinner with her tomorrow. I’ll get the truth serum ready so I can find out all about the husband that she has found (see my blog description).

The other thing that has happened is that Dave is back in India. That’s good for 2 reasons. Now when I’m in Something-stan in a few months I’ll be able to visit Dave and Lori for a vacation. Also I can call India pretty cheaply. So during my time left in the US I can call him and annoy him for much less money.

I can’t wait to not have to work at The Fish Market any more. I’ll miss most of the servers I’ve been working with but I won’t miss ANY of the customers. I’m moving back to Pittsburgh at the end of April. Back to live with my parents for a few months till I can leave with the Peace Corp.

That’s pretty much the major happenings of the last month.