Some Slight Turbulence

Hello! For those of you who don't get first hand experience with the tears, panic attacks, and angry rants about miscommunication, here's a bit of an update! Still on the American side of the pond, but the departure date, as you all know, is set in stone and the paperwork just keeps getting higher. Thus, we've experienced some slight, shall we call it, turbulence on the paperwork front.

Good news, however! Here's a picture of where my new home for the next year will be:

A theme of Independence

Happy Independence Day to all of you who live in America (myself included as of the moment)!

Today, on my 4th of July, I did the following: finished loan entrance counselling, applied for a loan, signed a Master Promissory Note for said loan, as well as one for a federal loan. Man oh man, am I going to absolutely (to be read with dripping sarcasm) love it when my wallet is consistently empty for the next 30 years! I also was told that my housing application should be processed within the next 7-10 days and I haven't heard anything about my CAS yet. Insert me throwing my hands up in the air and sighing.

But things have certainly moved forward in the past two days, if only by baby steps!

And something I thought that would be interesting to tell you all, that focuses on the theme of Independence!

First Benchmarks

Flight: purchased.

Housing: applied.

Loan forms: received.