Phone call after the quake...

So there was a Earthquake which had an epicenter 2 miles away from my house. It was only a 4.4, but in LA, everyone feels it. It was probably the 2nd biggest I've felt in my life, the Whitter 95' one being bigger at 5.9. I was awake at the time and I quickly went into earthquake mode, meaning I panicked... went to the doorway... then heard glass braking, car alarms going off, and ran outside. I've felt many earthquakes, so thats usually what I do. Earthquakes happen when you live right above many fault lines in Los Angeles. So its pretty expected.

Whats not expected is a phone call from the Peace Corp. I was expecting another one month wait because the last correspondent I've had was basically to inform me they were doing April departures and to be patient. So when I got a phone call from the DC area code (I know this because I used to live in DC) I thought either it was a friend who changed their phone number, or the Peace Corp. So I answer the phone excitedly and it was the PC! I had strongly hinted that I was "flexible" to leave earlier than June if they wanted, and I guess they got my hint. My placement officer told me if I wanted, I could leave in late April to somewhere in the Eastern Caucasus. I immediately said yes and then she said she wanted to confirm my address to fed-ex my invitation. I was excited! I even jumped up and down, it was as I felt when I got accepted to college.

Between the short phone call, my phone disconnected (it's been doing that a lot lately) and I had a 1 minute break to check where I might be going. Peacecorpwiki says Georgia. It's the only logical area thats in late April. When I got reconnected, I wanted to ask if its Georgia, but knew I would find out in a matter of days anyways. I wander why they are so vague still about the country. I mean its one thing to be vague when they haven't placed you, because they don't know exactly where you might go, especially if its a big region. But to be vague in an invite, that's just unnecessary. I just don't understand what purpose its for since you'll know in a matter of days. But, for now, unofficially, Georgia here I come!

I'm actually kinda conflicted about this now. I've spent the last month trying to hype myself up for Mongolia. I was nominated for early June in Central Asia, and all signs pointed to Mongolia. I have no thoughts on Georgia, but I guess thats why they tell you not to think about where you're going till you get invited. I'm going to reframe from hyping myself up about Georgia.

After the initial excitement of finally getting an invite after waiting more than a year, I'm very overwhelmed by the lack of time now I have. I had all the time thought I would leave in June. Now I have less than 6 weeks to prepare and do everything I wanted to do. I have to cancel a few vacations. I was planning to learn the guitar (although the odds of doing that in 3 months was slim to begin with) and to take the GMAT's (i've been obviously procrastinating), and now thats all up in the air. So now I feel overwhelmed, by a quake of news following a minor quake in LA.