patience is a virtue.

For almost a year I have been patiently waiting to become a Peace Corps Volunteer. These last few days I'm sure will be pure torture waiting to hear back from the Office of Medical Services on whether or not I have been medically cleared. Then, waiting for the invitation.

I can tell you its not easy to wait around for a dream to come true. It's sort of like watching water boil...you have to busy yourself doing other things while you wait. I think I might have gone overboard on the whole "busy" thing. School is enough to nearly keep me busy 24/7 but then I decide to have a social life on top of that. Hey, if I'm going to leave my friends and family for two years I want to squeeze lots of quality time in. I am enjoying the good moments like playing poker over at Jake and Meagan's until 5am or going to Elkmont last weekend with my mom. It's the moments where I have a million and one things to do while I all I want to do is sit on my butt and do nothing that are terrible. As optimistic as I am, those moments often end up being pretty good too (but mostly in hindsight). Peace Corps is floating somewhere around in my thoughts while on the forefront I'm worried about my upcoming senior show and graduation and all the things that come with being an adult. I really wonder sometimes where I find the time.

It's going to be hard to sit still and wait while all my PC stuff is sorted out but I've got some good friends to pass the time with and maybe even a good book to read.