Job update
So, I've been neglecting my journal. I really need to stop doing that.
Last time:
Posted on June 17th that I'd accepted the MIL position.
Since then:
Friday night I received an email from another person at MIL, who wanted to let me know that they had arranged for me to stay in a hotel for a few days until my apartment was ready. She wanted to know what time I was coming in on August first.
August first? Immediate reaction was that sort of deer-in-the-headlights, *blinkpanic* thing that I seem to do everything something unexpected crops up. The time frame I had been given initially for how long it would take for my paperwork to get to me put me at leaving mid-August, not the end of July. Eek.
So, emailing back a slightly more coherent version of huhwha?, I had to wait until Monday for a reply. There goes my weekend to fretting. (You know, when I wasn't dling lots of yaoi doujinshi. Yes, I've been on a kick back to anime fandom. My roots! Excepting Buffy, of course, which I've never really left because of crossovers. Of which I found a Buffy/Bleach xover series. Here, linkie: Lone Flower, by Vathara. Digression? What's that?) Ahem. Where was I? Ah, yes.
Okay, bored of writing this. I keep getting distracted. Short version: Thought my contact was going to call me Monday night, ended up calling tonight, an hour late (though he apologized for that), and was fairly reassuring about stuff. CoE should be in their hands by end of week or beginning of next week, and then they'll mail it with the 3-day shipping. If this is a bit late, then I might have to go in on tourist and get the CoE there.
Now (or during the next business hours) I need to call the consulate and ask about the processing time for a visa with a CoE, and in person application. And rushed. Hopefully its only a day or three.
So. Looking at one-way fares. Some weird overnight ones from 730$, best around 850$. Eeek. (Unless I flew out of Seattle like the original plans, which would put it at 550$. But I think that's exam week for Eric? *sigh*) Should arrive around the first of August. Training/orientation for first week. Then summer break -- which I will spend at least a day of in Tokyo taking goofy pictures of the massive Gundam \o/. Then I start classes. Eeeeeeek. OHGODTHISISINLESSTHANTHREEWEEKS!!!!
*wanders off in a daze*
Last time:
Posted on June 17th that I'd accepted the MIL position.
Since then:
Friday night I received an email from another person at MIL, who wanted to let me know that they had arranged for me to stay in a hotel for a few days until my apartment was ready. She wanted to know what time I was coming in on August first.
August first? Immediate reaction was that sort of deer-in-the-headlights, *blinkpanic* thing that I seem to do everything something unexpected crops up. The time frame I had been given initially for how long it would take for my paperwork to get to me put me at leaving mid-August, not the end of July. Eek.
So, emailing back a slightly more coherent version of huhwha?, I had to wait until Monday for a reply. There goes my weekend to fretting. (You know, when I wasn't dling lots of yaoi doujinshi. Yes, I've been on a kick back to anime fandom. My roots! Excepting Buffy, of course, which I've never really left because of crossovers. Of which I found a Buffy/Bleach xover series. Here, linkie: Lone Flower, by Vathara. Digression? What's that?) Ahem. Where was I? Ah, yes.
Okay, bored of writing this. I keep getting distracted. Short version: Thought my contact was going to call me Monday night, ended up calling tonight, an hour late (though he apologized for that), and was fairly reassuring about stuff. CoE should be in their hands by end of week or beginning of next week, and then they'll mail it with the 3-day shipping. If this is a bit late, then I might have to go in on tourist and get the CoE there.
Now (or during the next business hours) I need to call the consulate and ask about the processing time for a visa with a CoE, and in person application. And rushed. Hopefully its only a day or three.
So. Looking at one-way fares. Some weird overnight ones from 730$, best around 850$. Eeek. (Unless I flew out of Seattle like the original plans, which would put it at 550$. But I think that's exam week for Eric? *sigh*) Should arrive around the first of August. Training/orientation for first week. Then summer break -- which I will spend at least a day of in Tokyo taking goofy pictures of the massive Gundam \o/. Then I start classes. Eeeeeeek. OHGODTHISISINLESSTHANTHREEWEEKS!!!!
*wanders off in a daze*