And Again...nothing

It's been 14 days since those medical documents left our hands--that's 2 weeks. According to the Australian Post, airmail takes 3-6 working days, so they should have arrived around the 14th. They have to have arrived already. I'm sure it's just that we're not a high priority being that we're not leaving for another 50 million months (read: 7 months). I wonder how they sort these documents when they arrive at the office: by order of arrival at the office, by order of departure, by order of arrive at the office AND by order of departure. Who knows what system they use to update the online MyToolkit.

I remember when I was applying for a student visa to study in Spain, I was living in Massachusettes at the time and I was meant to apply for the visa at the office closest to my place of birth--good ole sunny Florida. So naturally I had to apply by the mail. I went to the website of the consulate, followed the written directions and sent my paperwork and my passport to Florida. Apparently they won't return your passport to you if you live in a state that falls out of the central office's jurisdiction, so I had to have it sent to my mother's house in Miami. Some weeks pass and I recieved a voice message from my mother saying that something has arrived at the house for me and that I should call her. When I called her it turned out to be a letter from the consulate stating that I hadn't sent them the correct amount of money! Apparently they had updated the visa fee and neglected to update the website--I tried to call them about what I needed to send with my application, but they told me to check out the website becuase "it was all there". I was afraid that I wouldn't get my visa in time by that point, so I FedExed my money order for 2nd day delivery to the consulate in Miami. I was meant to spent a week and half at my father's house in Colombia right before heading for Spain so I needed my passport back a bit earlier.

Well, I got my visa in time and lived happily ever after.