"hi" i whispered in the dark

i jolted awake and reached for my phone to check the time.

the red light was buzzing, so for funzies, i checked my email.

"peace corps status update."

could it be?  i think our nurse is checking our files.

or has checked them.

could we be cleared?

could we really be a part of that 15% that gets it 100% correct on the first try? BOTH of us?

i had to wake chris, so he turned over and i whispered the news.

"we have a status update. i think we may be cleared."

five minutes later, laptop in hand, the darkness of the morning glaring against the bright computer screen, there it was:

it just feels too good to be true?  could we be cleared?

***

received the letter.  we're both cleared.

praise the world and everything praised.