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Things I have done today
21 July 2008 07:33 pm-Went to the Spanish Consulate
-Waited in line
-Acquired my visa/reclaimed my passport
-Missed the 10:00 bus by all of six minutes
-Waited until the 12:01 bus
-Read all of the informational packets and handouts given to my by the Office of International Study (the first one was interesting. I'm sure the one on how-not-to-get-robbed-blind/mugged-and-left-in-the-street was useful. The one about imports and exports and GNP and this is all of the most recent political leaders and how they interacted with US foreign policy but very little on what they actually did for the country was dense, dry, and boring, and most of the useful data that it contained had already been presented to me by the first packet.)
-Discovered that the Power of Attorney form not only needs to be notarized, it needs my mom's signature. (Just as well; that's an excellent reason to put it off for another two weeks)
-Sat on a bus for 2 3/4 hours and listened to Dealing with Dragons.
-Got a new OneCard because the magnetic strip on my last one was going (it occurs to me that my new Lab Consultant nametag has a very powerful magnet on the back; ought I to be careful to keep it away from cards with magnetic strips in addition to computers and other electronics?)
-Bought an adaptor (actually six adapters) for Miss Eliza for foreign travel. I don't actually need most of them, but I'm sure that I'll someday have a use for an adapter that lets me plug her in in India (or not. I'd've been just as glad to pay less and only get the one for Continental Europe.)
-Talked to Student and Financial Services and discovered that I've been billed something like $250 less than I expected to be for housing this summer.
-Have failed to find any reasonable reason for this. I would think that it has to do with the fact that Housing billed me for reunion when they shouldn't've - only the numbers don't work out quite right for that.
-Briefly debated whether or not being a good Christian/good person obligates me to try to resolve this issue.
-Seem to have decided that answer to above is yes, barely. My mother suggests an e-mail. One e-mail. I believe that this will be my course of action, especially considering how well Housing has been doing at replying to my e-mails.
-Visited Housing and confirmed that I would be staying an extra week. I'd already done this (by e-mail), but it's a good thing that I stopped by in person, because it wasn't on my record.
-While at Housing, determined that I can indeed store boxes in JMG whilst I'm abroad (this query had previously been presented in an e-mail, and was not answered).
-Called my mother
-Discovered that my dad has been operating with the understanding that he's coming up this Friday to take me home, despite the phone conversation in which I confirmed that he's going to pick me up next Friday.
-Called my father and made sure that he wrote down the relevant dates (and removed written instances of incorrect dates)
-Did a load of laundry
-Swept my floor
-Gave Emily two recipes
-Talked with my mother on the phone again and confirmed that the bill is very odd.
I will now e-mail Housing.
Tomorrow, in addition to going to work, I'll talk to the mail ladies and see if they can put off forwarding my mail for another week.
-Waited in line
-Acquired my visa/reclaimed my passport
-Missed the 10:00 bus by all of six minutes
-Waited until the 12:01 bus
-Read all of the informational packets and handouts given to my by the Office of International Study (the first one was interesting. I'm sure the one on how-not-to-get-robbed-blind/mugged-and-left-in-the-street was useful. The one about imports and exports and GNP and this is all of the most recent political leaders and how they interacted with US foreign policy but very little on what they actually did for the country was dense, dry, and boring, and most of the useful data that it contained had already been presented to me by the first packet.)
-Discovered that the Power of Attorney form not only needs to be notarized, it needs my mom's signature. (Just as well; that's an excellent reason to put it off for another two weeks)
-Sat on a bus for 2 3/4 hours and listened to Dealing with Dragons.
-Got a new OneCard because the magnetic strip on my last one was going (it occurs to me that my new Lab Consultant nametag has a very powerful magnet on the back; ought I to be careful to keep it away from cards with magnetic strips in addition to computers and other electronics?)
-Bought an adaptor (actually six adapters) for Miss Eliza for foreign travel. I don't actually need most of them, but I'm sure that I'll someday have a use for an adapter that lets me plug her in in India (or not. I'd've been just as glad to pay less and only get the one for Continental Europe.)
-Talked to Student and Financial Services and discovered that I've been billed something like $250 less than I expected to be for housing this summer.
-Have failed to find any reasonable reason for this. I would think that it has to do with the fact that Housing billed me for reunion when they shouldn't've - only the numbers don't work out quite right for that.
-Briefly debated whether or not being a good Christian/good person obligates me to try to resolve this issue.
-Seem to have decided that answer to above is yes, barely. My mother suggests an e-mail. One e-mail. I believe that this will be my course of action, especially considering how well Housing has been doing at replying to my e-mails.
-Visited Housing and confirmed that I would be staying an extra week. I'd already done this (by e-mail), but it's a good thing that I stopped by in person, because it wasn't on my record.
-While at Housing, determined that I can indeed store boxes in JMG whilst I'm abroad (this query had previously been presented in an e-mail, and was not answered).
-Called my mother
-Discovered that my dad has been operating with the understanding that he's coming up this Friday to take me home, despite the phone conversation in which I confirmed that he's going to pick me up next Friday.
-Called my father and made sure that he wrote down the relevant dates (and removed written instances of incorrect dates)
-Did a load of laundry
-Swept my floor
-Gave Emily two recipes
-Talked with my mother on the phone again and confirmed that the bill is very odd.
I will now e-mail Housing.
Tomorrow, in addition to going to work, I'll talk to the mail ladies and see if they can put off forwarding my mail for another week.
