I have reached full nervous capacity. Acutually, I reached full-bore nervousness a few days ago, and it has since begun to receed...ever so slightly. The source of said nervousness? My impending Ukrainian adventure. OH MY! I'm going into all of this somewhat in the dark. I know nothing about the country, nor about what we're going to be doing. Really, though, that's not the source of the nervousness. I love to travel, even in crazy situations. It's all part of the experience for me.
My visa. That's the source of my nervousness. As I may have mentioned previously, you HAVE to have a visa to enter Ukraine. No ifs, ands, or buts...even for Americans. I sent my visa application in last week, thinking all of my ducks were in a row. And promptly had a hysterical fit thinking of all of the things I think I did wrong. It's something akin to deciding you left the oven on just as you airplane takes off for your week long trip. Most of my fears were quelled within the first two hours of panic (yes, that's a lot of panic).
Unfortunately, there's still one proverbial "oven" left on....I'm not sure I signed my passport, and your passport isn't technically valid until you've signed it. Oops. I'm really hoping I signed it. I can remember thinking about it and then thinking I'd do it later, but I can't remember if I actually did it. Guess we'll find out soon enough. I should have it back by the end of the week. Maybe they'll just overlook it? Never notice it?
Needless to say, I'm saying lots of prayers!! I'm feeling kinda silly praying about this, but what else am I going to do? It certainly has calmed me down! Maybe, if you do that sort of thing and you think of it, you'll say a little one for me too?
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