So today we secured medical insurance for while i am over there. What a crazy list of things that need to be done just in order to apply for a visa. It's a lot of work, but mom has been a HUGE help! You are amazing mom! I love you! (and all you who know her will agree with me)
I just have a few more things on the list that i need to get this week and then i can send in my paperwork! Exciting! then i cross my fingers and start praying again that i get the visa approved!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
My apartment! YAY!
So i just found out today that my apartment is rented! The one gal that wanted it signed the lease! YAY! Such a huge relief!
I will be moving home December 1st. What a huge change that will be. I am excited to have some quality time with mom and dad, going from a 1/2 mile commute to a 30 minute commute will be rough! That means getting up early! UGH! Anyone that knows me well enough knows that getting up early is rare for me. But i guess if i am going to be going to school soon, i will have to learn to get up early huh!
Thank you Lord for the right person to rent my apartment!
I will be moving home December 1st. What a huge change that will be. I am excited to have some quality time with mom and dad, going from a 1/2 mile commute to a 30 minute commute will be rough! That means getting up early! UGH! Anyone that knows me well enough knows that getting up early is rare for me. But i guess if i am going to be going to school soon, i will have to learn to get up early huh!
Thank you Lord for the right person to rent my apartment!
TV Dinners and TANG!
I love Fred Meyer. It has everything! Everything that i need, and everything that i didn't know i needed until i see it. I have lived in Issaquah the last 4.5 years. I go to Fred Meyer weekly. If i have no reason to go, i will just go and wander around. I mainly love to go late at night. Around 10:30 is my favorite. There are some INTERESTING people that come out at night in Issaquah.
This last Saturday, i had to waitress at Rooters. I worked from 10am to 9:30pm. It was a long day, but not busy so i got some good reading done! After i got off, i drove home to Issaquah and pulled into my parking space. Just sat there a moment and then started the car back up and drove to Fred Meyer. I needed to wind down for a little bit. And Fred Meyer relaxes me. My home does not.
I get to Fred Meyer and find a parking spot, get out of the car, grab my purse and then close the door. Then, i realize that i left my keys on the passenger seat. (why i put them there i don't know) So i open the door and reach in to grab the keys and somehow lose my balance and do a face-plant into my cup holder. OUCH! Stupid Keys! I rub my head as i enter Fred's Kingdom (as i like to call it).
I wandered around for about 40 minutes and then decided to head out. Isn't it strange that if you are at a store late at night, everyone seems to need to check out at the same time? How is it at 10:45 at night, there were 3 lanes open and ALL of them had long lines. Ugh! I chose the one closest to the door that i was going to exit out of(also the shortest line). There were two people in front of me. As the lady in front is paying, another lady gets in line behind me. She stands so close to me i can feel her breathing on my neck. CREEPY! ANNOYING! GET OUT OF MY BUBBLE! (all that i was screamiing in my head as i stayed facing forward) I had only used a hand basket for my things so i placed it on the conveyer belt without unloading it. The lady in front of me starts to unload her cart on the converyer belt, and that is when i notice what she is buying. I counted...37 tv dinners. And a container of Tang.
I'm not against TV dinners. I just choose not to put that stuff in my body. Maybe they taste good to some people. The few i have tried in my lifetime have tasted like cardboard. Anyways, i am going to assume that they were on sale, and the lady buying them was a Fred Meyer employee so adding a discount, they must have been pretty cheap. Good for her. Bad for her body.
As i'm watching this lady get checked out with her 37 tv dinners, the weirdo behind me starts to put her things up on the conveyer belt. There was not really a lot of room up there, but she MADE room. She put as much stiff on there as she could and then grabbed it with her palms and "pushed" it all forward so that it scruntched everyone elses stuff up into each other. She must have been in a hurry....i guess. Cause...who does that???? Then, after she cleared some room for her things, she bent over her shopping cart and started to toss things up on the belt. She threw a loaf of bread at the the conveyer belt and missed and hit the gum rack above it. Still not sure if she knew she was now buying 7 packs of gum that were hidden underneath her bread. She then started to throw the rest of her things up there. I moved as far forward as i could. I am almost there...almost to the front to get checked out and get out there. As the guy checking people out grabs my basket, the lady in front of me (remember, with the 37 tv dinners) comes back and says..."wait, you forgot to ring in my coupon!" OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!! So the nice fella grabbed her bags and re-rung her dinners and Tang. This time not forgetting the coupon.
I spent nearly 20 minutes in the check out line.
When i move, i shall miss my late night Fred's Kingdom runs. But the creepies out in Issaquah at night...i will do fine without!
This last Saturday, i had to waitress at Rooters. I worked from 10am to 9:30pm. It was a long day, but not busy so i got some good reading done! After i got off, i drove home to Issaquah and pulled into my parking space. Just sat there a moment and then started the car back up and drove to Fred Meyer. I needed to wind down for a little bit. And Fred Meyer relaxes me. My home does not.
I get to Fred Meyer and find a parking spot, get out of the car, grab my purse and then close the door. Then, i realize that i left my keys on the passenger seat. (why i put them there i don't know) So i open the door and reach in to grab the keys and somehow lose my balance and do a face-plant into my cup holder. OUCH! Stupid Keys! I rub my head as i enter Fred's Kingdom (as i like to call it).
I wandered around for about 40 minutes and then decided to head out. Isn't it strange that if you are at a store late at night, everyone seems to need to check out at the same time? How is it at 10:45 at night, there were 3 lanes open and ALL of them had long lines. Ugh! I chose the one closest to the door that i was going to exit out of(also the shortest line). There were two people in front of me. As the lady in front is paying, another lady gets in line behind me. She stands so close to me i can feel her breathing on my neck. CREEPY! ANNOYING! GET OUT OF MY BUBBLE! (all that i was screamiing in my head as i stayed facing forward) I had only used a hand basket for my things so i placed it on the conveyer belt without unloading it. The lady in front of me starts to unload her cart on the converyer belt, and that is when i notice what she is buying. I counted...37 tv dinners. And a container of Tang.
I'm not against TV dinners. I just choose not to put that stuff in my body. Maybe they taste good to some people. The few i have tried in my lifetime have tasted like cardboard. Anyways, i am going to assume that they were on sale, and the lady buying them was a Fred Meyer employee so adding a discount, they must have been pretty cheap. Good for her. Bad for her body.
As i'm watching this lady get checked out with her 37 tv dinners, the weirdo behind me starts to put her things up on the conveyer belt. There was not really a lot of room up there, but she MADE room. She put as much stiff on there as she could and then grabbed it with her palms and "pushed" it all forward so that it scruntched everyone elses stuff up into each other. She must have been in a hurry....i guess. Cause...who does that???? Then, after she cleared some room for her things, she bent over her shopping cart and started to toss things up on the belt. She threw a loaf of bread at the the conveyer belt and missed and hit the gum rack above it. Still not sure if she knew she was now buying 7 packs of gum that were hidden underneath her bread. She then started to throw the rest of her things up there. I moved as far forward as i could. I am almost there...almost to the front to get checked out and get out there. As the guy checking people out grabs my basket, the lady in front of me (remember, with the 37 tv dinners) comes back and says..."wait, you forgot to ring in my coupon!" OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!! So the nice fella grabbed her bags and re-rung her dinners and Tang. This time not forgetting the coupon.
I spent nearly 20 minutes in the check out line.
When i move, i shall miss my late night Fred's Kingdom runs. But the creepies out in Issaquah at night...i will do fine without!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
My Apartment - Update
So i know that in a previous post i said that i got my apartment rented and i was able to get out of my lease. But alas, that failed. The people backed out right before they had to make the deposit. I agree with them that it is really high, but i think that it's lame to let someone think that you will take the apartment and then back out. Makes it frustrating on my part. So, i put up another ad on craigs list on tuesday night and then went to bed. By the next morning at 10am i already had 16 people wanting to come take a look. That was exciting! I showed the apartment to two people yesterday and the fist person put in an application and was just approved as of today! YAY! Now all i need is for her to follow through and sign the lease and pay and then i will be home free! (literally!) Keep me in your prayers that this goes through fine!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
ACCEPTED
I just recieved news this morning that my application was accepted to the school!! YAY! Now i can get started on applying for my study visa! Thank you all for your prayers!!!
Monday, November 2, 2009
January 12th, 2010
This morning my mom booked me my plane ticket! Thanks MOM!!!! LOVE YOU! We had so many issues with getting the ticket! Most/all airlines won't let you book a ticket that is round tirp with a return date a year out. Plus, for January, there were no open seats to get to Cape Town. (using flyer miles) So my wonderful mom, had to call everyday checking back in order to get a seat. This morning it finally paid off! I have a booked ticket from Seattle to Atlanta, then Atlanta to Johannesburg. Now i just have to have my dad book me a ticket from joburg to Capetown and i'm THERE! I will have to collect my luggage in joburg and re-check it back in for the flight to Cape Town, which can be difficult as the airport is a little hard to get through, but i'm sure i can figure it out. I'm not scared... much.
Please keep me in your prayers that my school application letter will come back ASAP so that i can get my visa application in. A week from this thursday will start the two month count down!
Please keep me in your prayers that my school application letter will come back ASAP so that i can get my visa application in. A week from this thursday will start the two month count down!
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