My Mumbling Thoughts

First off, I must give a big shout out to my man, Christopher Columbus. If it wasn't for him then we wouldn't have gotten this past Monday off. I got to sleep in until seven o'clock (that is so sleeping in) and got almost everything on my very long list of things to do finished. Everything except my ironing. Ironing is a bitch.

So, what does one do when one has sent out a gazillion e-mails to everyone overseas who supposedly is able to help them with their college inquiries? One waits. And waits, and waits, and waits. Oh yeah, and blogs about how fucking boring it is to wait, and wait, and wait.

There are only so many times I can keep on e-mailing people or calling them without somebody just getting really fed up and completely blocking me all together. That would be a first for me, I think.

Now I'm waiting for my answers which should arrive in approximately "two business days."

Oh for fucks sake! I just need somebody to tell me if I can apply for my student visa while I'm over there? Is it legal? Will there be any kind of issues? Or an answer about financial aid through an American college would be helpful. I know they probably get a lot of questions every single day but those annoying automatic responses that simply scan your question, pick out certain phrases from what you wrote and then send you to another link on the website...I hate those. HATE THEM. I refuse to pay the $2.10 a minute to talk to somebody in the British Embassy and I don't understand why it's so hard for them to simply set up a free 1-800 number for regular poor people who can't travel all the way up to New York to make a goddamn appointment!

So that leaves me with nothing else other than to wait it out.

*Sigh*

I kept myself busy this morning while I waited in anticipation hoping that somebody from one of the many addresses would have e-mailed me back.

Something nasty and stinky spilled in the bottom of the refrigerator at work so I cleaned it out and made a sign telling people to check on their food every so often because if some strange smells start developing in there, I'm throwing the shit away along with it's container. Oh yeah, and that if they spill something, they better clean it up As Soon As It Happens. That shit is hard to get up after a while and I'm not their momma. It's not my job to clean up after their messes. I also organized all of the cupboards and our silverware drawer. It looks good.

I cleaned up around the printer and fax machine, organized all of the papers and wiped down that table too. It is also looking rather nice.

Once all of the cleaning around the office was complete, I went to bathroom, washed my hands, and noticed some kind of black mess was all down my right leg on my khaki pants.

So. Not. Cool.

I rubbed off as much as I could and was just happy that I didn't have to go anywhere today. Nobody can see my legs anyway.

In an effort to keep my sanity in tact, I played around with Mini for a little bit and noticed that she does have a shuffle option. I normally don't like putting CDs on shuffle because it just ruins the experience, but shuffling all of the songs that I've loaded on there? Different. It's like I have my own personal radio now. I was very excited about this simple, yet fantastic development.

I caught up on all of my blogs that I have been neglecting these past few days. That was good and I felt like I had accomplished something major. Then I realized how bad that was. Catching up on my blogs should not be my major accomplishment for the day. That's bad. Very bad. Still, good that I caught up on everything. I hate being behind on my blogs.

It got to the point where I was so bored that I just stared out of the window at all of the dark clouds that have been filling up our skies for the past couple of days. I watched the road dry, basically.

There still hasn't been any kind of response to any of my e-mails. The only person who seems to be really helping me out is, Heidi. She's golden and I can't wait until we meet. Yeah, I've already decided that we're meeting and when we do, I'm taking her out for some cake. Not only has she put up with me and my endless nagging questions, she responds quickly with detailed answers. She's very willing to help me and take the time to make sure that I fully understand everything. AND she even gives me suggestions as to what might be best, what I could do, should do, might want to consider, and all of that fantabulousness.

I'm a very impatient person, I know. I would just prefer to have all of this stuff done and over with so I know exactly where I stand with visas, arrivals, money, and time.

With the office being so empty though, I can turn up my music and dance around without having to worry about somebody walking in on me. It makes the time go by a lot faster. I highly reccomend it.