Things are starting to feel really... real.
I have my passport (with a surprisingly good picture considering that it's a mugshot), I have my plane tickets and my travellers insurnace, my student visa application appointment is August 3 which is fast-approaching, and on Thursday my Dad bought me a digital camera (5.1 MP baby, more than I could ever need) which in my mind is all I'll ever need. Though I think I need to go back to futureshop and kick up a fuss about the fact that the camera is advertised as coming with rechargeable batteries, and it totally doesn't. There goes what I thought was my first positive consumer experience at futureshop. Shoulda known better.
Okay, so left to do? Clean out my room of any non-essential possessions to make packing easier. I need to get my confirmation of residence and of courses because as of right now I have no clue what I'm going to be taking over there. Then I need to make sure my courses are okay with my registrar specialist, whom I emailed about a month ago and who has never responded to me, making me not trust her at all. That's okay, I really like my academic advisor and I have a vague impression that he has omnipotent power over my degree. Is the phrase "omnipotent power" redundant? Possibly. Let's see... incidentally I have my G-test in August as well, because I wanted to go my license before I sell my car and (hopefully) never have to drive again. Why do I want a license then? Oh, you know. ID. Hmm. There's also the financial stuff, namely finding out how my bursaries are going to be applied, and figuring out how I'm going to get my second semester of OSAP, because apparently they've changed the rules on power of attorney and now nobody else is allowed to pick up my OSAP for me; I think they're going to mail it to me in Scotland, I sign everything, then I freakin' fedex it back to them. So stupid. If the canadian government wasn't giving me all this money, I would call it a lot of names right now. The only other thing I can think of is insuring my laptop, because I'm definitely taking it with me... oh yeah, and I also need to buy an adaptor for it from the apple website so it'll work over there. It comes in this international adaptor package so I'll technically be able to take my laptop anywhere in Europe with me, but I have every intention of shipping it back home to my father's safe-keeping as soon as school is done. As if I'm backpacking through Slovenia with a $2000 ibook on my back.
I have to contact that health card people and my credit card people and my bank to let everyone know where I'm going to be - and I have to consult with the bank about drafts and electronic money transfers and how to get my moolah over to the UK without being broke and miserable for my first week there. (I've heard a lot of horror stories about this.) Oh yeah, I also wanted to email the college do-everythinger Andrea and ask her to send an email out to all the exchange students so we can network while we're over there. You know, if anyone wants to see Edinburgh they can just drop me a line, I'll put them up and show them the town in exchange for a trip back to wherever they are. Though of course the majority of my free time will be spent in Paris harrassing Luke. Lucky boy.
I'm pretty sure that's everything, but it seems like a really daunting list. That's okay, I have the rest of the summer, a really lame job, and nothing to do with my free time but work out and fantasize about living in Edinburgh. To that end, cannot wait for Edinburgh's Hogmanay festival, which is (apparently) the largest New Year's street party in the world.
And that's saying something.
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