Tuesday, March 23, 2010

one problem after another

How typical of this whole experience so far... I got an email this morning from my recruiter with the subject "urgent."  Whats urgent?  She wants me to cancel my plane ticket and get a new one for the 19th.  The school won't have housing ready for me till that date.  They will pay any cancellation fees for me to change my ticket. 

I wasn't sure what today's date was, I had just woken up, so I was thinking when is the 19th? Tomorrow or something?  Nope, today's the 23rd.  So April 19th?  I emailed her back and asked.  Yes, April 19th.  Almost a month from today.  I have to wait another month.  I cannot believe this bullshit.  Actually I guess I can totally believe it.  I was thinking at this stage it's set, no changing it now, I got my plane ticket and I'll get my visa Thursday.  Apparently for them, its never too late to change things. 

So I called priceline.com
and canceled my ticket.  since I was doing it within 24 hours of making the purchase there were no fees.  Which is good cause I don't trust that the school will pay me back for them.  I think I forgot to mention that the school had me buy my own plane ticket and they will reimburse me once I arrive.  I decided to just go ahead and trust them on that. 

I'm sick of waiting.  Sure I could use the extra time, but I would rather be totally rushed this week and leave Monday than keep waiting.  This really makes me wonder if i am going at all.  I mean now the date is set for the 19th, but what will the next problem be?

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