6 December 2007

Everything is just coming along so beautifully. Jenny dropped by last night to take a look at the apartment. She was so excited and absolutely loved the apartment and the neighborhood... and my furniture. She said, "When I get back home tonight, I am going to go online and apply for the apartment. I am so excited! It's perfect!"

This morning, I received an e-mail from her asking me if should could purchase my sofa and bedroom furniture. How could I say no to that?

Heard back from the leasing office this afternoon and they said they have approved Jenny's application. WOO HOO! It's official. Now, Jenny and I will need to work out when she wants to move in, etc. I can breath now...

Also received the visa back in the mail yesterday, but noticed the dates were wrong. They were from 12/3/07 - 5/1/08 and I really needed for it to be from 12/29/07 - 6/29/08. Looked all over the website for an answer of how to get it changed. Looked for the phone numbers to contact somebody, sent an e-mail from the website, etc. I was so exhausted and so frustrated that I couldn't get in touch with anybody that I could feel my eyes starting to swell. I tried out the numbers and one of them wouldn't take my credit card (it said the expiration date was invalid?) and I can't dial a 1-900 number from my cell phone (it's restricted), so I felt like I was screwed!

Finally, after tons of searching, I found the fax number to the visa department at the Consulate. Wrote up a little letter explaining my problems and faxed it over. Within 20 minutes, I received a phone call from a lady at the consulate and she said I could drop it off tomorrow and they will fix the dates for me. Phew.

So, really, I guess everything is working out beautifully. That was the last thing on the list I had to stress about. Now, I can just relax and get excited about moving to a wonderful new city!

OH! One last thing. I put in my resignation today here at work. My Supervisor phoned me up and told me that the VP has approved for me to take a 6 month leave of absence. They are just waiting on HR to make the final approval. Wouldn't that be nice? Although, I never quite imagined myself coming back to work here, but if things don't turn out like I plan for them to, it certainly would be nice to have something to fall back on.