Unique situation calls for?

well people i been slacking on the updates but i figure I better do one since quite frankly there is a lot of stuff that has happened.

last update i told everyone that I drove up to seatttle to do my interview for Peace corps. The interviewer liked me and said she was going to  nominate me. long story short, the quarter came around and with the recent amount of budget cuts and stuff i wasnt nominated to a region. This throw me for a loop becasue I had everything plan to leave next summer. I called my recruiter and she told me not to worry becuase it was kinda unusual but wait till next quarter.
she did mention that their was a slim possibilty that i would make the national pool. this pool is basically the alloted applicants that didnt get filled by the region were placed in a pool that any region can nominate someone too. I didnt think I had a chance in that so I figure i be waiting till the next quarter. she told me she would let me know either way if i got into that or not. but she was going on vacation so  it might be a week or two. I figure all right not a big deal

then last night at 3:00 am I recieved an email saying I had a change to my peace corp status. I went online this morning and it says that i been nominated and it happened the day before! at first i got super excited but then i had to calm myself down. I never recieved a phone call or email saying i been confirmed, and to top it off my recruiter is off on vacation!
so of course i did the only thing that i know to do. and that is too research. I read peace corps wiki and Peace corps website. according to everything i have read when it says you been moved on (accoridng to your Tool kit)  to the next level and it next step is medical clearance it means that you have been nominated. so i guess that means i been nomiated to a region! I been trying to keep my hopes downd becuase I havent been informed by anyone about anything.

so i am bascially sitting in limbo wondering what the hell should i do? should i call or should i wait it out? I am thinking i might wait it out and see if i get contacted or not. Either way i would like to know.

On another note my internship for school been going great. They do keep us busy as hell though.  I been busy researching different degrees offered in differerent sociology departments. To be honest if i know right when i left high school i was going into sociology i would have not gone to Idaho State. Regional their is some way better options.

Along with regional schools I have to research national schools and international schools. It is really interesting comparing ISU to other schools. As far as i can gleam it sounds like ISU is trying to be more competitive and add some different options in terms of degrees.  I think we need to! a degree in sociology with emphaisis in community or rural studies looks way better then just plain sociology.

well I will let you know when I hear anything about my situation. I am so anxious to know if i have been nominated or not! either way i will let you guys know.

An amazing week.

So the internship that I been doing for ISU is amazing. The last couple years all I have felt is that I was stuck in a rut, proclaiming that I was going to do something big, make something of myself, and having no results. But this internship has made me feel great. I feel like I am contributing to something greater. It is setting me up for future I can see myself greatly enjoying. 
Part of my internship is that I am a TA for a Sociology 101 class, with over 200 students!! At first it was a little intimidating but after some time I feel like I am Getting the hang of it.  It is making me defiantly brush up on all the basics of sociology. Which frankly I have forgotten some of it.
Peace corps recruiter called couple days ago. Did the usual follow up questions, what's your biggest fear, update your resume, you know the usual. Then she asked me a question that I wasn't ready for. Thru asked what my experience with farm animals was. I told them my dad owned a ranch that I frequently helped at. She told me good that she would put me down for animal husbandry also. AT first I was okay with it, the more I thought about it though I became less and less comfortable with it . Not because it not something I don't wanna do but something I felt I didn't have the expertise with to claim I can go and educate people about it, so tomorrow I think I will call and ask if i don't be nominated for that.
This week in general has been filled with a lot of joyous news. The internship and Peace corps.  But at the same time had its downs too. Hanging with all my friends and talking to them about peace corps has made the decision finally sink in. People are making plans for next year or for next summer and i simply cant join them. I most likely will be gone.  Its a weird feeling. I know their is a lot of steps between nomination and actually getting your invite but i feel like the decision has been made. I am going to go. Not sure when, where, or how exactly i just know that I must go.