stuck in the system

I am officially two weeks behind in my paperwork. The notary who notarized my documents did them incorrectly, so I got a letter back from the apostillation office telling me that I needed to get them redone by THE SAME NOTARY. So I've been at the damn Boone Mailing Center about 3 times in the last week, and I finally tracked down the man this morning. He's the type of short, middle-aged man who obviously has self-image issues and needs to talk angrily to little girls in order to feel big. ANYWAY. So I went this morning, hopefully we got it done right this time, dropped $20 to have it to Raleigh by noon tomorrow. I'm keeping my fingers crossed I get it back by Friday or Monday. It is the LAST thing I need before I can send everything to Korea. I'm afraid I'll be the last person to get my paperwork in and I will be stuck on the island of Jeju.

Of course, it doesn't snow there and they have oranges all year round, so it wouldn't be too bad. But it would be harder to visit people probably.

As soon as I get my contract from EPIK I can start the VISA process, which thankfully should only take about a week or two, unless I need to go down to the embassy and interview. Which would be intimidating, but I could do it. I'd have to drive to Atlanta though.

Told work. They seemed perturbed that I am leaving, but supportive because of the opportunity, etc. July 24th is my last day, which will give me three weeks in country before I fly out. I plan on spending as much of that time with Dan (and, you know, my family) as possible. I was able to see Matt and Kristi last weekend, which was awesome, and I hope to see other friends before I leave as well, but I don't know if it will work out.

The only thing throwing a wrench in the works is a possible visit from my dad in the first week of August. He called yesterday and said he might be able to afford a train ticket down to see me and my brother from the 2nd to the 8th. I kinda wanted to be like "Uh... look, you've had 5 years to see me, I want to spend that week with my boyfriend whom I love and won't get to see for a heart-wrenching, soul-crushing year," but at the same time that seems kind of shitty. I honestly don't know what we would even do or talk about for a whole week. Bleh. Need to talk to my brother on that one.

So yeah. Complications.

Besides occasional patches of me being grumpy and stressed out, Dan and I are getting along marvelously. We went camping last week out by Table Rock, hiked up to the Chimneys and Hawksbill, etc. I had a blast, and I think he did too. We made hobo dinners and saw the most terrifying spider ever. Made lots of jokes, got really sweaty (it was like, what, 90? fucking hot), went to Upper Creek Falls the next morning. Good times. Pictures to follow shortly. Last night we went downtown to help Travis paint the new spot for 641. It was nice to do manual labor for a friend. Does that sound weird? Anyway, I love my old man. For real.

So yeah. Guess I should probably stop goofing off and get back to work. Updates again soon!