Today was one of those days that makes you pull your hair out, a totally non productive day spent mostly in traffic, with three visits to the Indian embassy, a place I prefer to stay away from, given its current history.
It was partially my own fault because I had taken the wrong passport to the Indian embassy and didn’t discover that until we appeared before the official. It required another tedious and long round trip. But at the end of the day we both received our passports with the visa stamp: good until May, officially for 3 visits but since they have to be spaced two months apart I think one can only make two visits, really. It is good enough for now.
And so, for about 5 hours, I sat in a car, trying to knit and then losing stitches because of the bumps in the road and the stops and starts; each time I have to unravel what i did and start over again because of the complex pattern. May be it is time to revisit the glove project – but it is a nice conversation starter.
The very little time I was not in a car I sat at my desk, not in a very good mood; it is good I did not need to meet with anyone and I could blow off steam on my own. It was one of those days where I think we should be let out every 6 weeks instead of every 12.
The stress (and my high blood pressure, not sure what is cause and what is effect) is exacerbated by all the hoops one has to jump through to get the right papers stamped in the right places at the right time in a time span that is short for bureaucratic standards. Next step is the work permit; with that we can apply for the renewal of our Afghanistan visa. How long that will take is anyone’s guess but hopefully before we leave for Amsterdam early January.
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