After almost 10 months... I'm headed to Turkmenistan

Today around 11:30am, I was in the "kate layer" (basement) of the Maffey/Sluis household trying to not be too anxious about my invitation arriving when there was a knock at the door. Ran upstairs, and there was Mr.Fedex himself with a nice package for me.

Long story short, I'm headed to Turkmenistan to teach English as a foreign language from September 29th, 2009- December 11th, 2011. Super pumped. This evening I celebrated by going to get a frosty with Joseph and Kimberly. You know I only have like 2 months of frosty availability so I had to.

Today when I first open the package there was many mixed emotions. Relief, excitement, nervousness. I guess it just got so much more real today and probably will continue to get more real up until departure. I'm sure there are many more thoughts coming...

Oh here is a series of photos that show the events today. Enjoy.












Peace Corps Update
submitted application: September 22nd
conducted interview: October 23rd
nominated for a position: November 10th
submitted medical packet: January 29th
resubmitted dental files: March 4th
dental files processed: March 20th
two specialists give me a clean bill of health: May 26th
final submission of medical packet: June 8th
medical certified to serve any where: July 15th
invitation packet arrived: July 21st