Murphy's Law...if it can, something will go wrong
I got 2 hours of sleep last night. I found out from Canadian quarantine that sugar gliders (from Japan) are not allowed in the country, despite Air Canada's willingness to allow her on the plane. So at 2am in the morning I left a miserable message on my mother's answering machine and felt frustrated and annoyed that during the entire month I was calling airlines and looking into info that no one told me I couldn't stop in Canada.
A little before 4am I finally calmed down enough to crawl into bed. Just as I closed my eyes, the phone rang. Mom called back to offer a connecting flight to BWI and the fact Air Canada bases the animal entry on the final destination country. So then I called Air Canada in North America (again) and asked if the plane between Toronto and Baltimore could have pets aboard. Apparently yes. Do I have to pay extra? No clue.
SO I maybe be able to buy a ticket for an additional flight (after we come up with $417 from somewhere) and Kore may be able to just bounce through Air Canada and hop into the US where the USDA doesn't care BUT I haven't been able to book her on the first flight yet because I don't have my tickets yet and without them I'd have to go through the travel agency the Board of Education used but they BOE won't give me their number and apparently the person who handled my ticket is gone for the week. COULD ANYTHING ELSE GO WRONG?!
I leave in 10 days and I'm still not 100% sure Kore will be on the plane with me. At this rate I'm going to have a stomach full of ulcers.
In the meantime I'm trying to get the car taken care of, cancel things like gas, water, electricity, internet and my cell phone plan. One of the elementary teachers has a brother who is a car salesman so she copied my paperwork and sent it to him to ask about it. The secretary is on the phone about that now...sounds like that's being as complicated as possible as well.
Getting out of this country is becoming the biggest pain in my ass ever. Pretty much my entire paycheck is going toward this month's bills and getting everything squared away. So much for having a cushion when I get back. :(
I hate my life sometimes.
A little before 4am I finally calmed down enough to crawl into bed. Just as I closed my eyes, the phone rang. Mom called back to offer a connecting flight to BWI and the fact Air Canada bases the animal entry on the final destination country. So then I called Air Canada in North America (again) and asked if the plane between Toronto and Baltimore could have pets aboard. Apparently yes. Do I have to pay extra? No clue.
SO I maybe be able to buy a ticket for an additional flight (after we come up with $417 from somewhere) and Kore may be able to just bounce through Air Canada and hop into the US where the USDA doesn't care BUT I haven't been able to book her on the first flight yet because I don't have my tickets yet and without them I'd have to go through the travel agency the Board of Education used but they BOE won't give me their number and apparently the person who handled my ticket is gone for the week. COULD ANYTHING ELSE GO WRONG?!
I leave in 10 days and I'm still not 100% sure Kore will be on the plane with me. At this rate I'm going to have a stomach full of ulcers.
In the meantime I'm trying to get the car taken care of, cancel things like gas, water, electricity, internet and my cell phone plan. One of the elementary teachers has a brother who is a car salesman so she copied my paperwork and sent it to him to ask about it. The secretary is on the phone about that now...sounds like that's being as complicated as possible as well.
Getting out of this country is becoming the biggest pain in my ass ever. Pretty much my entire paycheck is going toward this month's bills and getting everything squared away. So much for having a cushion when I get back. :(
I hate my life sometimes.