Light in the darkness has come – finally. I received an answer from Russia quite soon, telling me I needed to fill in a form. Suddenly everything seemed so easy. Just fill in the form and send it to them. Then they finally can start making your invitation. There was one document I still needed, but after calling our coordinator at half past ten in the evening, he sent it to us.
This sounds like a solution, doesn’t it? I agree.
So this morning all I had to do was fill in the form some more and send it. Before doing that I was heading to the shop in our street to buy some bread. I ran into our neighbour, more specifically the mother of my good-looking ex-neighbour (her son – the one who winked at me!). By accident I had decided to wear my new, loose pants. For a change I felt quite fashionable while running into her! She immediately asked when I would leave for Russia.
And for the first time, I could give an answer I am quite certain of. That’s such a win – looking good and being able to give positive answers to questions about my trip to Russia!
When I came home, I send the stuff they need over there and now I have some sense of certainity. I’m no longer waiting without knowing who’s doing what, if they’re doing anything anyway. I have taken control for a part. I have sent mails until I figured out what was going wrong and now I’ve managed to get it straight.
The bad thing is that I will miss a month over there. It makes this adventure somewhat more terrifying. But after all my efforts and all the waiting, I didn’t want to give in. The worse option was going to Poland or year – honestly, though, I don’t really want that. The worst option would be staying. I must confess that while going through all the stress and doubts, this option didn’t seem so terrifying anymore. It’s so easy to just re-enroll yourself in the same university as the former two years. It takes perhaps two mouse clicks and it would be okay. On the other hand, I know I would hate to stay when almost my entire class is abroad, and two of my hometown friends.
I have made the decision to take the risk and arrive in Russia with delay. It’s bad, but at this point I can live with it. At least I’m going away. And at least I have done what I could to get this done after all. It’s a victory still!
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El Guapo
/ August 21, 2014Fantastic news. Congratulations!!!
(I thought there was going to be something about all your paperwork falling out of your fashionable pants.)
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/ August 21, 2014Thank you 😀
Well, that would have been quite the story! Wait until I run into her son again – then you’ll get to hear something like that most likely 😉
Michael Cargill
/ August 21, 2014Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!
Them pesk Russians, eh? They like to take their time about things.
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/ August 21, 2014Yeah… Unfortunately. But at the same time they don’t seem to mind if you arrive too late. So it evens out a bit 🙂
runningonsober
/ August 21, 2014Hey that’s not bad…that’s great news! I’m glad you actually get to go! Not everyone has that opportunity, so enjoy and be happy. 🙂 soooo happy for you!
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/ August 22, 2014Yes, it’s just a bit annoying that we will be so late, but I’m really happy as well! The truth is that I made up the title earlier on and didn’t want to come up with another one anymore 😉
Thank you for always asking how this was going, I really appreciate that, Christy 🙂
Maria Celeste
/ August 22, 2014Congrats! I’m so happy for you! The delay is unfortunate, but I’m sure you’ll have a great time nonetheless.
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/ August 22, 2014Thank you 😀
Everything’s better than staying, and it will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for sure!
Aussa Lorens
/ August 25, 2014This is awesome, congrats! Woooo I’m excited for you!
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/ August 25, 2014Thank you! Apparently I’ll be going alone, so that’s a little less good news… But I will get there, so that is good 🙂
The Indecisive Eejit
/ August 25, 2014I’m glad it has worked out as you hoped and that it’s all you dream of 🙂
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/ August 26, 2014I got more bad news yesterday though… But well, after all these problems I just want to go!