“All of these spirit voices rule the night…” I finally finished and mailed my Peace Corps application the other day (Monday, I think). It’s just a question of waiting for a response now. I REALLY want to do that. I can’t imagine what an incredible opportunity that would be. I know I have a romanticised vision of what it would be like — I know it will be much harder than I ever conceived. I don’t know how long it will take to hear from them. That’s what’s so annoying. I would like to know, “We’ll have a decision within two months; within six weeks…” whatever. It doesn’t matter. I just would like a time-frame. Nothing on the application indicated how long it would take, unless the ten months was a time frame. I think that was from receipt of application to initiation of training. I could be wrong though. I’ve decided to start preparing for graduate school just in case I don’t get accepted. I’ve also realized that I will be getting a MA in English with a concentration in creative writing. I think that will be better than a full-blown MFA in creative writing — at least it will be more useful.