Gruntbuggly

Since our project was extended for another 3 years, I have to get my various immigration documents in order because they expire at the end of September. So yesterday I decided to look at it and maybe procrastinate a bit more. I was galvanized when I saw that things should be submitted no less than 30 days before they expire, and it has to make it onto someone's desk and they have to take notice of it before they consider it submitted, and you have to do it through regular mail. Even worse, if they don't choose to notice it in time, I could be considered in violation and deported, or worst case scenario, get strapped into the poetry appreciation chair. It makes me tired just to think about it.

A good strategy when dealing with these life-forms is to send in something, even if it's not exactly right or complete, because it won't be exactly right the first time. But it will be in the system by the deadline and then everything is negotiable. So today I managed to get all the proper forms in order and signed in triplicate, and so on, and mailed it off. Another useful thing is to always send it via certified mail so that you know they got it. Having been through this a few times, I know how things can get "sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public enquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters." It's true!

Maybe they'll surprise me and everything will go without a hitch. Hey, I can dream.