(Cautiously) Looking Up

The school extended housing through tonight free of charge. If I have to stay Thursday night, I have to pay 20 euro, but I'm hoping it won't come to that.

After three days of trying to contact the airline and the travel agency, I finally managed to get through and rebook. I am now (hopefully) leaving Thursday morning (fingers crossed). This involved phone calls to six different numbers, all with different variations thanks to the country code, five emails (four of which went unanswered), and then finally me setting up a Skype account which autodialed the booking center for about fifteen minutes before I was finally placed on hold for 25 minutes (isn't it sad when listening to static-y elevator music for 20 minutes is progress?). All of this was in conjunction with the many phone calls my mother made from the other side of the pond.

So I have a place to stay, I've got a bit of cash (thank you Dad and Uncle Sam), and I have a tentative flight. Things are looking up, but I'm keeping an umbrella handy just in case it starts raining shit again.


On my ipod: Take Me Away--Avril Lavigne
On the night stand: Luck in the Shadows--Lynn Flewelling
In the DVD player: The Fellowship of the Ring
On the needles: random crochet hat

Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust

My travel plans died, thanks to Mount Whatsit in Iceland. My flight has been canceled, all flights are grounded until at least Thursday, and I can't contact the travel agency or either of my airlines by phone or email. I really wish I could teleport right now.

We don't know where we are staying beyond Tuesday morning, or how we'll pay for food. There might be a visit to the American consulate in my future, begging for assistance.

On my ipod: Keep Holding On--Glee Cast
On the night stand: Luck in the Shadows--Lynn Flewelling
In the DVD player: Tin Man
On the needles: random crochet hat.

Listing Things.

1. I haven't been updating because life has been a big bag of "suck" and "fail" for the last few weeks. Basically, all semester, and I haven't been wanting to broadcast my bad mood onto the internet.

2. It's been so bad that I haven't been knitting. Seriously. Haven't touched the pointy sticks since I was sick back in April, and even then all I did was whip out some doll cloths. Actually, scratch that. The doll cloths were crochet.

3. I'm also, I just realized, behind on my book list. Must see to that...when I get a chance.

4. Finals are next week. See item 1. RE: "suck" and "fail."

5. After finals I'm going to Washington DC for the Code Pink Mother's Day Vigil. Don't know if I will have internet.

6. The house Alice and I are renting goes up for sale in June, meaning we have to be out two weeks after graduation. Again, I refer you to Item 1. (Neither of us has the money for a new apartment. My job will barely pay for this one.)

7. I loose my insurance the day I graduate. (See Item 1.)

8. Sometime over the course of the next month I will be listing stuff on Amazon and Ebay for sale. Maybe that will enable me to not choose between food and rent.

Another crappy entry, but I'm having a hard time seeing the light at this point. Hope things are going better for everyone out there in internet-land.