A Begining of Sorts

I'll start by bringing you up to speed on my final days in America, as many of you won't know how things "turned out". Without belaboring the point too much, I finally obtained my student visa by taking the train from Wilmington, up to New York City, on the day before I was due to leave. After letting my file sit on his desk for 6 days untouched, the visa officer couldn't possibly overnight the visa/passport back to me to arrive on a Saturday, even if I paid for and included the prepaid UPS envelope, when I mailed the passport to him. He did not mind if I wanted to bring it in myself and wait for him to place the sticker in my passport. Needless to say, this did put a strain on my packing schedule, but I did finally get the visa! The funniest part of the whole story was that when I did turn up in New York at the visa office, the officer handling my case had called in sick! I can't imagine why! It's a good thing I am tenacious.