Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Is anything getting done?

My temptation is to immediately say, "NO!" However, I feel like I'm kind of at a point where there's nothing I can do but wait.

I sent of a whole bunch of stuff to Middlebury, including my visa application, a copy of my passport, my course request, and my housing survey. I guess stuff is getting done, but it's definitely not getting done by me. I think Middlebury is probably in the process of
getting me an invitation letter by the Russian State University for the Humanities, but all I can do is sit here at wait!

I have to wait until at least May 30th before I can get my HIV test. And without my HIV test I can't actually submit my visa request. I don't find out what classes I have or what family I'm living with until I get there.

Right now the only thing I can do is keep getting rid of my crap (it all has to fit into 2 suit cases + 1 5'x5' storage locker), and get enough money to go there. I can't get rid of too much because I need stuff to live for the summer, and I can't get loans until I know how much to get. That means knowing how much financial aid I'm getting. And THAT means meeting with the ONE person in the WHOLE university that does study abroad financial aid! AND HE ONLY HAS 12 APPOINTMENT HOURS PER WEEK! How can I meet with him if I have a class and a job and he's barely ever available??? Grrr...... *Head explodes!*

I guess what I could be doing is worrying about tomorrow now and worrying about 3 months from now later. Tomorrow I have a midterm in Money and Banking. I should go study... I guess I'll update again when I have something more exciting than "nothing's going on right now..." :-)