the Immigration Office...again

Well, I only have about ten more minutes until I'm finished with my schoolday but since I already did all of my normal Wednesday work I figured I'd take the time to update...even if this is just going to be short and sweet. Today's schoolday actually wasn't the norm as far as schooldays go. I spent much of my morning in the car with my boss's mom and dad who had the honor of carting my sorry self to the Immigration Office in order to get my visa extended for the extra month that I'll be staying here. It was a fairly silent car ride seeing as how neither of them could speak much English...not that I really minded. It was much too early in the morning for me to even attempt coherent thought, much less coherent speech. My boss's mom (also known as Grandma, as we here have affectionately named her) went along inside with me so she could help me muddle through the process. Thank god she was there though cause we did a buncha stuff and filled out a buncha papers that I would not have known otherwise to do had I gone there alone. At one point I think she turned to me and told me that she'll be sad to see me go and that I've been here with her and everyone at this school for a long time...and then she gave me a hug. It's cheesy I know, but it was nice to feel appreciated none the less.

Traffic coming back from there was insanely crazy due to the amount of roads that have been closed because of all the flooding around the area lately (it's been raining here like every day for the past two weeks) so we didn't actually make it back to school until about an hour and a half after we left the Immigration Office. Suffice it to say I'm glad the whole thing is over and done with. It just seems like a lot of trouble just to get some little smearing of ink on the back of my visa ID card that mentions my new departure date. Ah well, it needed to be done I guess.

So as far as everything else, I still need to begin that long tedious process of packing, and at some point I need to go to the Pension Office to apply for my refund...though I think I'll wait to do that during the kindergarten summer vacation that is coming up at the beginning of August. It's kinda cool that I get yet another week-long vacation just for staying an extra month. Yay me.

Anyway, gotta go. Time to go home. Woot.