For the love of god don't let me go out during the week anymore.
I don't remember having any more than 3 or 4 drinks last night. But the less 50 dollars in my wallet, horrible pain, broken stuff and complete loss of memory of anything after the slipper club disagrees with me. I discovered all this when I awoke at 3 in the afternoon. I'm sure I'd be fired if I hadn't already quit.
I really didn't intend for any of this to happen.

For. My. New. Phone. Captioning. Job. I. Have. To. Voice. Every. Word. As. Its. Own. Word. Which. Is. More. Difficult. Than. You. Might. Imagine. It. Is. Very. Unnatural. And. It. Makes. You. Sound. Like. A. Robot. I. Am. Not. Supposed. To. Talk. About. It. But. I. Hope. It's. Ok. To. Say. This. They. Are. Encouraging. Us. To. Find. Our. Captioning. Assistant. i. e. Robot. Voices. And. I. Think. I. Am. Just. Becoming. Acquainted. With. Mine.

Yesterday I applied for and received my international driver's license. I called to check the status of my visa this morning, and it's still not ready. NOT GOOD. My plan was to take a half-day from work on Friday, picking the shit up in Chicago that morning. If I call tomorrow and it's still not ready, that means I probably won't waste my time on Friday. That also means I'll have to count on it coming in on Monday. I'll then have to drive to Chicago on Monday morning (or Sunday night?) then all the way back to Rochester. If it still hasn't come in on Monday, I will have to count on it coming in on Tuesday, and make it back to Rochester for my 5.00 flight that goes back to Chicago anyway. It'd be nice if I could just pick up from the flight there, but unfortunately, that's not how it works. If I missed the Rochester-Chicago portion, the rest of my ticket would automatically be canceled. I could, however, pay the $150 or whatever to change the ticket. LAME. I still have to get up to Rochester at some point too. This is stressful.

In other news, I finally told Carla, the mail lady, that I'm leaving. I was disappointed because she wasn't as disappointed as I'd hoped. OH WELL. She's leaving on a two-week vacation after tomorrow, so if any sort of friendship between us is going to blossom, it's gotta happen tomorrow. We'll see what happens.

Starting after my lunch break today, I'm going to start training someone in to do my job. WTFETSG.

Today I start my second, better-paying job that I basically got so that I can afford to go see D in Spain. However, for D's entire last week here, I have to train at this job from 4-10 pm, meaning I never get to see the guy. This is great. Anyone familiar with CapTel? I 'll let you know how it goes.

A week from today is the day I leave the United States.



I fly out of Rochester.



I transfer in Chicago.



And in London.



My air voyaging ends in Lyon.



I then drive to Grenoble (rather a suburb of), where I will be staying until sometime in August.

There won't be much for me to do other than read and study. I'll hardly be able to email or blog. The only access to computers I will have is getting down into the city (which will require a car or a bus), and then usage of an expensive internet cafe. WHO WANTS TO BE MY SNAIL MAIL PENPAL? I bet mail will be really fun to get. Hit me (d at westwash dot org) and I can give you my address there. Also send me your address if you want postcards or whatevs. THANKS.

Anni: You know that picture is bound to resurface when you run for mayor...