Lows and Highs

Thursday I hit a bit of a low - my HR girl rang me to come up - she had the passport guy on the phone. I haven’t had my passport since the first week I got here b.c they made a typo on my work visa: 11/03 instead of 11/30 - they aknowledged THEIR mistake and seem to need 6 weeks to fix this one typo?? Noemi passed the phone to me and the gentleman asked my name and birthday again and said my visa was still in process - ?! I straight up told him I have a plane ticket to come home on the 29th and I plan on flying home that day. Again, he said it’s still going to take a while to process my visa.

At this point I didn’t know what to say, fuming, and shoved the phone back to Noemi who tried calmly to tell the gentleman that she HAS a letter from his management saying the mistake had been fixed and was on its way back to me - ?? I stood there, shaking, staring into space. Noemi said she would get ahold of the woman who gave us the letter that this situation had been resolved, so I headed back downstairs. I sat at my desk for a bit, not concentrating on anything. My hands were still shaking at the thought of not being able to come home on the day I’ve had booked for months. Then I went to the bathroom and cried.

I shook it off and thought IF I were to be “stuck” here for a few extra days, it wouldn’t be the end of the world, but my sights have been set on a certain day. Noemi said our lawyers are back on my passport which isn’t odd - they helped me get here, too.

So I know “things will work out” and “you’ll make it home” but there’s still a part of me that has be to realistic of another outcome. I do have confidence these people behind the scenes will get my passport back - it’s their job!

Beth and I could laugh last night about being stuck in one of the greatest cities in the world - ha! “Wah, how rough!” So I’m glad I could come out on the other side and see the positives instead of dwelling on the negative.

AND - my camera is working again!