Invite Season

Up until this week, invite season has been a piece of cake. Sure, I knew that I could get life-changing news at any time until June 1, but June is so far from now! I joined a PC/Uganda Facebook group which has been insanely helpful in the restlessness that comes with waiting, and it has also been a great place for updates. That's how I found out that our PO said she wouldn't be sending out invites until the end of April. To me, that meant the beginning of May. Like, after classes are over, beginning of May. (I've dealt with POs and sending invites out before, so I know they are more likely to come later than expected, not sooner.)

Then on Tuesday, one of the group members posted that invites are officially going out. Probably due to a combination of sleeplessness and stress, I basically freaked out. I was scared that I wouldn't be invite while simultaneously being scared that I would be invited, and all the while I'm trying to figure out exactly how I feel about this. I've been worried that if I do get an invite that I'm going to have issue with medical clearances because of my summer job and the inaccessibility to the proper medical professionals to fill the forms out. Now this decision is suddenly imminent. I no longer had a few days to be done with my classes (and thus, a large amount of the stress in my life) before I had to worry about it.

Well, I still have time to get over all of that it would seem. As far as we can tell, the only invites that have gone out (all two that we know of) have been for Teacher Trainers. I don't think I am qualified for this position, so MY invitation (or rejection..) would not be coming...imminently. I can wrap things up at Truman before I lose my mind to the refreshing of my email and checking the portal twice or three times a day. ...Okay I'm already doing that. Regardless, I feel better about the fact that it's invitation season because I may not get my invitation just yet.