All I can do is wait now. I went to the courthouse yesterday to get my passport, and after I gave the woman there all the information needed for the application and it was all done, she asked me why I didn't go to Chicago because I needed the passport sooner than 2-3 weeks so I could get a visa. And I told her about how the lady on the phone from the passport hotline told me I couldn't get the passport sooner than the expedited processing time for a visa until after April 24th, the day I need the visa. So that didn't make any sense to me, but I was like okay, I won't go to Chicago then.
But then this lady at the courthouse tells me I maybe COULD have gone to Chicago, but she wasn't sure. She didn't think the hotline lady made any sense either. So just to make sure, I asked her if I could go out into the lobby to make a phone call to the Chicago office to ask them directly, but she just said "you already gave me your application. If you go do that, I'm going to have to tear up this application and you're going to have to start again from scratch." All I wanted to do was step outside for like 5 minutes to make a PHONE CALL and she was going to make me do it all over again just because of that. I started to argue with her, but then she got all defensive and cranky and I realized it wasn't even worth it. If I ended up having to go to Chicago, that would mean spending a shit ton of money in bus and cab fares and probably other shit like food for the day, losing my entire Monday and missing a day of German, and then if the government shuts down if they don't figure out the budget by midnight tonight, then I wouldn't have any more options. I would have missed my only chance to get my passport app in for processing ASAP and I would be even more screwed than I am now. And then if I had left to make the phone call and she tore up my application, and I find out that Chicago still isn't an option, then I would've had to go back home, re-do the app, print it out, and I don't have any ink left so I'd have to pay for it at the library, and then walk allll the way back to the courthouse and do it all over again.
It all just wasn't worth it. One thing I hate more than anything is stupid bureaucratic rules in government offices that make stupid, simple things extremely difficult.
And if the government still shuts down, none of it was worth it. Sooo yay.
But anyway, besides Sri Lanka, most plans seem to be solidifying for the summer. Class, working full time, apartment stuff, etc. I can't wait for summer. I need to write these papers and take my finals and figure out this Sri Lanka shit and move on to summer. I'm stressed out, and I need to not be anymore.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Energy Vortex
Disclaimer: I am going to sound like kind of a freak, but these are the kinds of things I think about, so deal with it.
I blame my parents. They're going on a vacation to some random ass place in Arizona for their anniversary so they can go feel this energy vortex thing there. I don't get it, but I guess it sounds cool.
But they tell me about stuff like that all the time. Stuff related to energy and feng shui, and Buddhism, and zen and angels and stuff. They're an odd mix of religions that I can only describe to people as "new-agey". It's quite eclectic though. I like it. It's always interesting to hear what they have to say about things in life.
So my mom had talked to this psychic a while back who had told her that April was going to be a rough month, energy-wise. And I can already tell. If that's really what's going on. So far, I've had a friend dealing with crazy apartment issues and jumping through hoops to get out of her lease, and she's been really upset, and then there's my issues with this stupid passport and the hoops I have to jump through to get it renewed in time to get a visa for Sri Lanka, and on top of that the stupid government might shut down, and then there's all the stress everyone has from school right now...it's just getting crazy for everyone. And it's only the 7th of the month.
So far, I've only talked to my mom to freak out about things and figure out how I'm going to manage this passport business, but I know if I talked with her for a bit longer, sooner or later she'd start talking about this crazy energy that everyone's caught up in. What's funny is that I've heard that kind of thing from her so many times that I start to think along those lines sometimes. Like that everything is due to the energy, or to spirit guides, or angels helping us out, or something. It's usually things she says to comfort me, and it actually helps. So in tough situations, it helps if instead of freaking out about everything being out of control, I rather try to think about what my mom or dad would say to me about the situation. That way, instead of everything being out of my control, it's more like thinking about the situation being in the hands of the universe, unfolding as it was meant to. Or it being in the hands of someone or something that cares about me, like my "spirit guides" or "angels" or whatever you prefer to call them.
It's a comfort. I don't talk about that kind of thing with people a lot, because it makes my parents, and me by association, sound like a whole lotta crazy. But for me it's always been a cool thing to think about, and makes the little issues in life seem like less of a big deal.
But yeah. I probably shouldn't be up this late. I need to be up early tomorrow, but I can't really sleep right now. I should go try though.
But yay for April. And cross your fingers that the government doesn't shut down!!!
I blame my parents. They're going on a vacation to some random ass place in Arizona for their anniversary so they can go feel this energy vortex thing there. I don't get it, but I guess it sounds cool.
But they tell me about stuff like that all the time. Stuff related to energy and feng shui, and Buddhism, and zen and angels and stuff. They're an odd mix of religions that I can only describe to people as "new-agey". It's quite eclectic though. I like it. It's always interesting to hear what they have to say about things in life.
So my mom had talked to this psychic a while back who had told her that April was going to be a rough month, energy-wise. And I can already tell. If that's really what's going on. So far, I've had a friend dealing with crazy apartment issues and jumping through hoops to get out of her lease, and she's been really upset, and then there's my issues with this stupid passport and the hoops I have to jump through to get it renewed in time to get a visa for Sri Lanka, and on top of that the stupid government might shut down, and then there's all the stress everyone has from school right now...it's just getting crazy for everyone. And it's only the 7th of the month.
So far, I've only talked to my mom to freak out about things and figure out how I'm going to manage this passport business, but I know if I talked with her for a bit longer, sooner or later she'd start talking about this crazy energy that everyone's caught up in. What's funny is that I've heard that kind of thing from her so many times that I start to think along those lines sometimes. Like that everything is due to the energy, or to spirit guides, or angels helping us out, or something. It's usually things she says to comfort me, and it actually helps. So in tough situations, it helps if instead of freaking out about everything being out of control, I rather try to think about what my mom or dad would say to me about the situation. That way, instead of everything being out of my control, it's more like thinking about the situation being in the hands of the universe, unfolding as it was meant to. Or it being in the hands of someone or something that cares about me, like my "spirit guides" or "angels" or whatever you prefer to call them.
It's a comfort. I don't talk about that kind of thing with people a lot, because it makes my parents, and me by association, sound like a whole lotta crazy. But for me it's always been a cool thing to think about, and makes the little issues in life seem like less of a big deal.
But yeah. I probably shouldn't be up this late. I need to be up early tomorrow, but I can't really sleep right now. I should go try though.
But yay for April. And cross your fingers that the government doesn't shut down!!!
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