Thank you for calling the Brazilian embassy. For 2008, the cost of a tourist visa is $100. The cost of a student visa is $150. The cost of a . . . <extended price list> . . . <five minutes later> . . . that we will not accept cash, check, or credit at this…
What’s Frustrating Part Deux
So you send in your application to get a visa for the country to which you intend to travel SEVERAL months in advance of your departure date. You go over all components thoroughly to be sure no details are missed. You send the appropriate amount of money for the application fee. You insure and certify…
Resolutions
Also? I’m making two this year. 1 – Remember to take cloth bags to grocery to minimize amount of plastic bags that end up exploding out of our recycle drawer and all over the dadgum house. Stole this one from my sister-in-law. 2 – Be a good mom, and also still a good…
The Eighth Day of Oh Eight
Let me explain where I’ve been the last week: Excuse, excuse, blah, work, excuse, excuse, getting Patrick ready to leave for Brazil, excuse, some more work, blah. It’s a good thing I rested up over my week-and-two-days off so that I had the energy to come up with all those excuses. In…
2008 – We Shall See
January 1, 2008 was absolutely spectacular. Well, the wee hours anyway. The driving home and the unpacking and the tidying up was just sort of normal, not what I’d call spectacular exactly, but the way we rang in the new year was just great and maybe tomorrow I’ll tell you about it. Because . ….