Okay, so, this one time I started a blog and then didn't update it for almost a month even though [or maybe because] about a billion different things happened in that month.
I meant to, I really did. I'm just a little bit of a slacker. Or a lot of a slacker, I don't know. What's a word that means something a bit worse than slacker? Who knows.
...I thought about writing a bunch of posts and just changing the date back, pretending that I've been updating this entire time. According to Kaeli this is "lame". FINE THEN, KAELI.
Anyway, I will try to get you all up to speed with as much detail as I feel like putting in.
ONWARD.
I meant to, I really did. I'm just a little bit of a slacker. Or a lot of a slacker, I don't know. What's a word that means something a bit worse than slacker? Who knows.
...I thought about writing a bunch of posts and just changing the date back, pretending that I've been updating this entire time. According to Kaeli this is "lame". FINE THEN, KAELI.
Anyway, I will try to get you all up to speed with as much detail as I feel like putting in.
ONWARD.
The visa
Well, the visa drama is no more. Mere days after sending enough information that even the dumbest of identity thieves would have a field day, I got a lovely e-mail that said my visa was issued. I read it about 5 times, of course. You know, just in case the word 'not' magically found a place before 'issued'. A few days after that, so very quickly if you take into consideration how much effort went into gathering all the information for the thing, I had my passports back in my possession. The visa's on page eighteen. I'm not sure why.
You know what I didn't get back? My proof of funds that had my bank account information on it. I'm going to assume they shredded that, or locked it somewhere. Noooot that they're going to get much from me if they do decide to steal my identity.
The family trip
The weekend I was supposed to book my flight, I took a mini-family vacation to New Minas. They claim to be both "the soccer capital of Nova Scotia" and "the shopping capital of the valley". Let me assure you that they manage to suck hard at both of these labels. The soccer capital label is especially hilarious - mostly in a sad way. This year was the last year for their soccer tournament thing. My little brother's team won the tournament, played beautifully, etc. Too bad about the crappy hotel.
Picture it, if you please. A pale pink wall paper, the thick, textured kind that looks a bit like tweed. Everything in these rooms was wallpapered. There were some things on the wall that looked like they had been removed, wallpapered, and stuck back on. What were these mystery wall hangings, originally? I don't know, let's ask the 80's. The carpet was blue. The curtains were green and flower-y. Outlets by the ceiling, random ceiling hooks with nothing hanging on them. It was hilarious. Alas, no photos. I forgot my camera and once my mother found out I intended to steal photos from her camera to mock the place over Facebook, she refused to let me borrow her camera.
The worst part of the hotel was the crappy Internet. It didn't work. At all. So, I didn't get to book my flight and I ended up losing the one I wanted.
Picture it, if you please. A pale pink wall paper, the thick, textured kind that looks a bit like tweed. Everything in these rooms was wallpapered. There were some things on the wall that looked like they had been removed, wallpapered, and stuck back on. What were these mystery wall hangings, originally? I don't know, let's ask the 80's. The carpet was blue. The curtains were green and flower-y. Outlets by the ceiling, random ceiling hooks with nothing hanging on them. It was hilarious. Alas, no photos. I forgot my camera and once my mother found out I intended to steal photos from her camera to mock the place over Facebook, she refused to let me borrow her camera.
The worst part of the hotel was the crappy Internet. It didn't work. At all. So, I didn't get to book my flight and I ended up losing the one I wanted.
The flight
I originally, super badly, wanted this one flight that meant I could spend a whole day in Iceland. Too bad everyone else wanted it, too. Now I get to spend 5.5 hours in JFK, an hour in Iceland, and it, literally, takes me 24 hours to get from Halifax to London. This is going to be fannnnnntastic. On the huge, huge plus side, the flight was beyond cheap. Seriously, I recommend Icelandair's prices. I'll let you know about the rest of them, later.
Get their own post. Later. Sometime.
There you go, everyone. All up to date!
<3 Jade
The going away parties
Get their own post. Later. Sometime.
There you go, everyone. All up to date!
<3 Jade
