Well, crap.

My flight takes off Tuesday.  That's 4.5 days from now.  And I don't know if I'll be on that plane or not.

The question stems from a medical concern.  My last job (which I quit in order to take this one) was at a refugee resettlement agency.  As a little background, since not everyone is aware of refugee resettlement policy or practice in the US, or even what a refugee is for that matter, here are the cliff notes:

1. You (individually or with your family) are not able to stay in your home due to legitimate concern for your safety, and you are not able to seek help regarding this matter from your own government (typically your own government is the reason you can't stay).  So whether you are of a minority ethnic group, 'inappropriate' religion (in the eyes of your persecutors, that is), or you are an activist speaking out against a repressive regime, you had to leave your home country. 
2. You can't stay whereever you originally fled to, so you work with various international organizations and state governments (the US resettles over 50% of refugees who are resettled worldwide) to find a home in a third country.
3. If that third country is the US, our government works with various national agencies, who filter down to local resettlement agencies which will help provide some basic needs and other types of assistance for a period of time.  This is where I worked.

Understandably, coming from these backgrounds, health conditions in the places our clients came from were not typically as keen as one might hope.  The end story is that I was diagnosed with something that is not communicable at present, and it is unlikely to become a risk to myself or anyone around me in the future. 

I was diagnosed yesterday, at which time I notified my contact at the school where I would be teaching, informing her also that my doctor gave me clearance to travel and to teach children with zero qualms.  I got in contact with a friend of a friend living in the area, a doctor himself, who told me that I would be able to get the medicine I will need over there (which changes the small statistical likelihood that I could become contageous to an even smaller one), and he also said that he would be happy to help me in this endeavor.  His email was forwarded to my contact at the school, and she said she would forward it to her supervisors.

This evening, after having finally forgotten how incredibly stressed out I was about all of this, I received a voicemail from my contact at the school, who informed me that there are 'concerns'.  She does not know which direction the concerns will lead them, but there are indeed concerns.  Those who make decisions will speak tomorrow, I hear.

Basically, whether or not I have a job is not guaranteed at present.

So it's 12:30am on Friday morn.  I've given up my job in Austin.  I've given up my home in Austin.  I've cancelled my car insurance.  And of course don't have medical insurance, considering I gave up the job that provided the insurance... and ironically enough it was that job which provided the need for the insurance.  I have a non-refundable ticket that cost me almost a grand.

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My flight leaves in 4.5 days.  And I don't know if I'll be on it.