My heart is palpitating. I walked down the street to the British Consulate to drop off my visa application, rather than spending money to mail it in. They said, "Nope. You must FedEx it so they will have a tracking number in the mail room." Grr. So, I walked across the street to the FedEx shop and spent $17.00 to mail the package overnight. They received the package on Wednesday morning. I'm SUPPOSE to receive an e-mail of receipt from the consulate and have YET to receive anything. Seriously, I'm freaking out! They said it takes 5 - 6 business days to process, so if I don't receive anything by mid week next week, I will REALLY be freaking out! They certainly don't make it easy for you to check up on the status of your application. They give you a number to call, but it's $3.00 a minute with a $12.00 minimum. NOT cool. I've never heard of anybody doing that before. Everything is so cold with the lack of a human connection and I don't like it at all. ha. (My saying lately has been, "Life is all about the human connection.")
On another note, renting the apartment has continued to be a struggle. A lovely couple from South Carolina dropped by last night to have a look at the property. They were wonderful! BUT, again, my place was the first place they looked at... which isn't good, I don't think. There was another guy droping by this afternoon around 2pm, another lady tomorrow morning at 10:30am, and another on Wednesday evening. I can feel it. It's getting closer and closer to the end of the apartment battle.
The car. Interesting story. I have received SO many e-mails and phone calls about the car. Had a few people scheduled to come take a look over the weekend. I was excited because I just KNEW it was going to be sold soon too. Today, my friend here at work sent me a text message and I mentioned the car. She started asking a load of questions and I asked, "Do you know anybody who would be interested?" She replied, "Yes, actually my boyfriend needs a car. He's been using his parents car when he needs it and it's getting a little messy." He happened to be in the area, they met me in the lobby, we walked across the street, and it was sold! WOO HOO! He's going to give me a down payment tomorrow when we take it to the mechanic for an inspection and then on Thursday he will give me the rest. What a relief!
Lastly, I received an e-mail from the University. They were in the process of setting up an internship for me. She came back with 6 different companies that are interested in interviewing me... three of which are Islamic windows to large financial institutions. I couldn't believe it! I had mentioned working in Islamic Finance to her and she delivered! The other three are just investment firms, but either way, I will be so happy to go to any of them. I'm finally going to receive the experience that I need to get out of the IT industry. Phew.
As people always say (and I need to constantly remind myself), "Everything will work out in the end." As long as I keep my head above the water, it'll all be good.
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