No updates in a week. Weak!

Sorry for the lack of updates, but I have not had a steady internet connection for some time. I have also been busy running around town completing some paperwork and no time to write. Finally, it has been scorching hot this week - in a friend's car, windows down, no AC, it was 132 degrees F. Granted this was in the car, but it should give you an idea.

So, I received a "not a good match" email from the place I applied to last week. They were absolutely correct - it was not a good match. As far as continuing to look for work, I will take Scott's (happy birthday dude!) advice and forget about it for some time. The benefits of this strategy are that I can spend time on Silvana's visa paperwork, and that I won't have to work.

A quick note to those spoiled Americans who use the DMV as an example of bureaucratic inefficiency: here they would be hailed as the undisputed kings of expediency. This never happened (hint: yes it did), but here is a hypothetial scenario:

You need document A. In order to get it you need to request it and wait 15-25 days. Now, the request cannot be completed without having document B, so you need to get that first. You deposited the request for document B at the end of June and should expect it at the end of July. Document B is not ready yet because person A needs to sign document C and forward it to person B, who will then in turn forward it to person C. Person C will look everything over and will issue document B. Dramatic pause... He will then forward it to person B who then will give it to you. Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.

Anyway, I try to relax.

I'll post a few photos in the next couple of days. Hope everyone is doing well.