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August 12, 2004
Sigh
Remember how the Migration Board employee recommended that I send a formal request for priority? Well, I got this message in reply:
The Migration Board has during July and the beginning of August received about 1500 new applications regarding residence permit for studies. All of them are handled with the highest priority and with the ambition to be able to give an answer before the start of the semester. Priority in personal cases is therefore only granted in very exceptional cases. The applications are handled in order from date of application at the Swedish foreign mission.
Now why on earth would they recommend that I sent a request if they are only going to feed me this standard story? I am not pleased, not pleased at all.
Anyway, not much to report since I stayed up ALL NIGHT doing a puzzle and was quite unproductive today. I feel quite foolish (doing a puzzle, all night, by myself) and yet also quite proud--it was a 750 piece "Impossibles" puzzle, which means there were no borders and 5 extra pieces.
I did manage to return LD's golf club, get some coffee (I try to savor every Starbucks as if it's my last), and do some laundry. Not very impressive, I know.
Book update: I managed to finish The Shipping News (just barely) and have now come back to The Lovely Bones, which I started listening to on audiobook, but got distracted during the move. I highly recommend it. And for those following my Bible-reading adventures, I am now up to Judges. Oh the smiting.
Lo and behold, I will be going to bed at a reasonable hour (10 p.m.!!), so that I can be up early to visit my friend LG in Pennsylvania. I'm hoping that the tropical storm that caused today's downpour has moved on by tomorrow. I'm not too keen on driving 2 hours in hurricane weather. Besides, all my long-sleeved clothing is packed--I'm liable to freeze in a tank top, skirt, and sandals.
Message to The Alliance: h-h-h-h.
