This past week . . .

On Tuesday I went to the dentist. And for anyone who knows me, you know I hate the dentist. I cry every time and it's usually a pretty traumatic experience for me. But fortunately I made it through! The bad news though, is that in order to be medically cleared to leave for the Peace Corps my teeth have to be perfect. Well, in fact they aren't. Far from actually. I need to have a few cavities filled and my wisdom teeth taken out! Yikes! Don't know how I'm going to do it but I have to and I will. Pain is temporary right?

My Legal Kit

 

Then on Thursday I received my Legal Kit which included a few background check forms and information on how to get my fingerprints done. So the next day I went to the police station and a very nice police officer used a fancy electronic scanner type machine (clearly technology isn't my strong suit) to scan my fingerprints and print them on my official fingerprinting cards. The whole process was very intimidating to be honest. I arrived at the police station, that no one seemed to be inhabiting at the time and told the secretary why I was there. She then called for a police officer to come in off the road to do the fingerprinting. I waited on the bench for a while when finally the police officer welcomed me and led me to a room labeled "detention". He safely put his gun in a lock box then scanned us both into the room. As I entered I recognized the area as the place where the "detainees" were booked. There was a place for mug shots, cells, and of course, the fingerprinting machine. other than the uneasiness of being in "detention", it went fairly smoothly. He entered my information into the computer, scanned my fingerprints, and finally handed me my official cards. I asked if there was a fee and there wasn't! Score! Before heading back to work (I was on my lunch break after all), I mailed the necessary legal documents to the Peace Corps. This was yet another thing to check off my list!

 

 

This is what happens when you are filling out a log at work when all you can think about is leaving for the Peace Corps in March 2016!