Optimistic

So I submitted my visa application and applied for a special passport within days of receiving my official invitation but have not heard anything from the Peace Corps. I am slightly concerned due to the fact that my departure date is three weeks AFTER the day that the federal budget will be surpassed if Congress does not pass legislation to increase level of federal debt. I don't know if that would impact me necessarily... Nevertheless, I called the office in D.C. last week, spoke with the person in charge of my program, and apparently, there is nothing else I should do until my "staging" on the 29th of August. At this time, final logistics will be figured out and I will be leaving either that day or the following. I wonder when I should pack... shortly after returning from a roadtrip with my brother to ID, UT, AZ, CA and the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco I suppose! In the meantime, I'm printing pictures and deciding on things I'd like to accompany me in the upcoming YEARS (yikes!). That's so crazy to think about, although, I'm sure it'll go by faster than I am willing to anticipate. All I know is that I will be nearly 26 when I'm back in the States again... hmm. Just in time for Christmas though! I'm good at arranging that :)