Cue Panic
I got a call from ICE today, to schedule me for my medical exam and physical fitness test. I have to take the test on November 13.

I was not expecting, based on the timeline ICE presented in their hiring packet, to take the exam until late November or early December, at the soonest. I am not ready for the step endurance test. I've been practicing, jogging and running stairs and such, but a 16-inch step is really high, especially since I'm only just under 5' 4" tall. A 16-inch step is up to my knees. DX (As a side note, the guys I work with who tested for CBP had to do a 12-inch step, and they're all at least 6 inches taller than me, several of them more than a foot taller. Not. Fair.)

I am going to have to work like CRAZY to try to get caught up by the 13th. I'll probably fail anyway, and they don't allow re-testing. If I fail, I have to start over again at the beginning of the process, waiting until the next vacancy announcement.

I guess this is a good sign, in a way - it must mean they really want to hire me. But if I fail the physical fitness test, that becomes a moot point.

I'm going to go panic some more, now.

EDIT: Looks like NaNo is probably out the window for this year. I need to focus on one thing right now.