<input ... ><input ... >So, as commented earlier, I would have no further posts until my house sold and I had confirmation from the Peace Corps that I was good to go. Finally an update! My house closed escrow 3/30/10 and all final paperwork was sent to WA DC the next day. 4/2 I received a confirming email that the Placement Office had completed my file review, no further information was required and my file was being forwarded to my Placement Officer for the final review.

Today, at long last, I had the Placement Officer discussion and she confirmed she will be sending me the final Invitation in a couple days - YEA - after she was able to confirm with me that YES, I am available for leaving in an earlier program than originally nominated for. We discussed dates and she has a country (still Africa) with programs departing 5/24 thru 6/1 that she will now review to determine which best matches me for the small business program.  Very exciting and still a mystery.  Dates can be discussed but not countries.  Interesting.

I've applied my investigation skills against the Peace Corps wiki web site for staging dates and I see Kenya with a 5/24 departure date.  Could it be Kenya? 6/1 is Ghana or Lesotho although Lesotho does not have Business as one of its programs. Could it be Ghana? I won't know until the paper Invitation comes by snail mail - should have next week! I've been waiting to know since July of last year so I guess 1 more week ...

For all of you who are still wondering why I left a 20+ year career with an early retirement pension, let me just provide you with a little quote from a fellow blogger in the Peace Corps currently in Kenya who hopefully will not mind if I plagiarize, "It is beautiful here and I spend some time many days walking on the beach, eating mango, and enjoying a little quiet smug solitude. Why smug you may ask? Kwa sababu I used to just work a 9-5 I didnt like , just like most everyone else. Now I do this. "  

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