I don't know what my aunt was whining about--I mailed off my visa application last Friday (although getting everything in order and notarized and buying bulldog clips AT the post-office was a bit of a hassle,) and got it back in the mail today in my passport, so, what, six days? She was telling me horror-stories of how she'd phone the consulate ( Read more... )

Frickitty frick frick. Typhoid pills are doing a number on my system. All joints are in screaming pain, digestion is shot to hell and I could easily sleep for two days straight at this point--fatigue seems chronic.