Today was the day I was expecting an above average phone call (in terms of positivity) from the Placement Office. I ran outside to answer the 202 phone call, possibly looking like a lunatic to everyone else eating there. It was from my lovely Placement Assistant, Imani. Yes, I've resorted to sarcasm folks. We discussed the message I left on her phone last week. I mentioned the email I sent to her over the weekend to which she responded "I was out of the office." Well, yeah, I get that, but do people not check their emails?? She works in an office..come on. She said my nomination is for early March. Yet again, I get that. I've been told this for a long time now. Let us note this, though: TOMORROW STARTS DECEMBER!! 8-week rule? Psh. She said "We're working on applications leaving in December, January, and February." 8 week rule? I tried to explain to her that I graduate in less than 3 weeks. I said "You must understand the situation I'm in." She didn't really seem to get where I was coming from. However, I am still optimistic about this week. Many of you reading this entry may see everything above and question that, but here are my reasons why that's the case. The first reason is that I have decided I'm not going to deal with Imani anymore. I never seem to get anywhere with her. The main office was more helpful than she has been. The second reason is that I will be calling my actual Placement Office, Jason, on Friday if I don't hear anything else from the Placement Office this week. One good thing that actually did come out of this phone call is that Imani is marking on my application that I can leave earlier than March. Why? BECAUSE I GRADUATE IN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS. I still have my sanity and my optimism about this week. Nothing is going to get me down.
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If this were Facebook, I would "Like" this post. Mostly because it caused me to get "We're not gonna take it" stuck in my head.
ReplyDeletehahaha, YES! thank you. i needed that.
ReplyDeleteI am appreciating your attitude and approach more with each posting. Keep going forward!
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's time for me to call the PO. I'm supposed to leave in January. All I can do is laugh because I don't have a placement officer yet and my assistant told me it could take a month for them to look at my file. Meanwhile, my place to live expires in December. Really, all I can do is laugh. Thank you for your PMA. I hope you get the answers you seek soon enough.
ReplyDelete-Heidi
heidi- i would definitely say contact someone. become a pest. ha, better yet, tell them i told you to :P they'll probably be more willing to help you since you're leaving sooner! because you WILL get an invite!!!
ReplyDeleteThere was no need! I just got off the phone with my PO and hopefully will have an invite headed my way in a week or so. I was hesitant to utilize the pester approach because it got be nothing but worked up during my medical review so I thought I'd try out the laissez faire approach and it did right by me.
ReplyDeletewell congrats then!!! invite woot!!! can't wait to hear where you're going!
ReplyDeleteKimberly told me to read your blog for a pick me up and this is it :) Feel free to shoutout that your dear blog reader Renee would looooove a shoutout from the Placement Office... holla!!! haha
ReplyDeleteHey Joey! Just thought I'd give you a heads up that I got my invite about a month ago for a program in Senegal leaving in early March for environmental education and preventive health. I've been reading over your blog and saw that you were asked to do some extra environmental training, so maybe you're in our group?? Good luck with placement, can't wait to see where you end up! :-)
ReplyDeleteMelinda
renee- i'm glad i could help! really, for all of us, staying positive is the only thing that can keep our sanity. i must say i'm absolutely loving this support network that keeps getting bigger and bigger so thanks for commenting! it has helped me just as much as i may have helped you.
ReplyDeletemelinda- yeah, that might be the program. i got slightly involved with the natural resources club at our university, but it was still a bit..how do you say..slacking? though, i did do some awesome hurricane ike clean-up work over spring break 2010 so i put that forward. just have to hang in there a bit longer, i suppose. i still feel like this is the month and that only positive things will come out of this week. fingers crossed!