Consulado General de Mexico

I arrived at the consulate at 10am... 3 lines and a room full of people later i am still here sitting in uncomfortable chairs waiting for them to call number 50...  they are on 47. 

I hope i can make it out of here to be on time for my dentist apt at 1:30.... Hahahahaha!!  This is just as bad as the DMV!! :-)

I'll keep you updated. Happy place. happy place. happy place..... 

Memorial Day Weekend

A lot has been happening since the last time I wrote.  Lets start in order and then I will get to the disaster that was today!  :)

Last week I had my last day at work.  My bosses asked me to stay on part time and continue working throughout the summer from home.  It's only a couple hours a day and I can pretty much work from anywhere since I will be making phone calls from my cell phone and emails are pretty easy to respond to on a regular basis.  So all is good on the job front!  :)

My backyard in Wisconsin

THEN, I got to go home for Memorial Day Weekend!!  It was awesome!  I got to see my grandma, aunts and uncles, my parents and my sister with her family!  It was great.  I love my little nephew, he is soo much fun.  For the first few hours I was there, he just kept looking at me like I've seen you before, but I don't know who you are.  Then, he realized I would play with him and chase him around the back yard, so we become best friends. hahaha.  It was a great way to recharge my batteries and get energized for getting everything together here.  I am going to be back in Wisconsin in about a month for the entire month of July, but I have so much stuff to get ready before I leave.  As you can see, the checklist is still not complete.  It was great seeing everyone and just what I needed to help me get back on track here in Miami. 

Rotary Plaza in Ripon, WI

As for today, I woke up with big plans.  I was going to wake up at 9am, go get my pictures taken for the university, go to the consulate to get my visa and then go to the dentist at 12:30!  It was going to be GREAT! 

The reality was a little bit different however....  I woke up at 10:30ish.  The guy at the photo place didn't understand what tamano infantil and tamano titulo ovalado meant so, no pictures have been taken yet, I was running late to the dentist and ended up going to the wrong office... I didn't realize that my appointment was ACTUALLY at noon, not 12:30!! and would have been an hour late, so I had to reschedule for tomorrow.. then by the time all this was over, the consulate hours for visa approval was already done!  Go figure the consulate would only allow people to get visas from 8-11am!  So, in the end today I have written a few emails to the university and had time to write to you all.  Productive?? Unproductive??    You decide!  :)

Tomorrow, I have an eye doctor appointment at 9:30am, then I plan to go to the consulate right after, then my dentist appointment is at 1pm and after that I will hopefully have an answer from the University so I can get the pictures anytime from 2-6pm!  Hope it works this time! Wish me luck!

So Fast!!!

So, I haven't posted in a while because...  well we've all been in those situations where it feels like a day has gone by and then next thing you know its been 3 weeks!! :)

A lot of things have been happening.  I put in my resignation at work.  After many long emails and phone calls, I FINALLY got my visa approved, but I still have to go to the consulate office once I get done with work, because of course they are only open from 9am-1pm, to get my passport stamped and show all original documents.  Last but not least I've pretty much planned my going away party... pending a few minor details and sending the invitation to everyone (it should be coming soon). 

I am really excited about the trip, but every day that passes I get more and more nervous.  There are so many unknowns.  Its like the emotions of excited and scared blend together to form one enormous anxious ball in the pit of your stomach.  I am really going to miss people here...  Its a really weird feeling because at some point a person begins to feel bad for being excited.  If you've never been in this situation, you won't understand, but its as if being excited to leave means that I am excited to leave the people and places I care about.  I don't want to leave, but I want to go.  I want to have new adventures, see new places, meet new people and explore the world but I also want to be here and be with my family at the same time.  I've been thinking about this a lot lately and trying to figure out how to sort it all out in my head.  It's difficult to talk about because its hard to explain.  All I hope is that when the time comes for me to start waking up in Mexico, ALL those people I care about are still in my life, no matter how distant.

Ok, on a lighter note, I'm trying to find PJ a home down here in south Florida so I don't have to ship her to Wisconsin.  She is a great cat, and I am going to miss her a lot!!  I found out the other day that SHE LIKES PINK!!!!  Talk to you guys soon!  :)