January 29th, 2009
If all goes well today I will be boarding a plane to Northern Ireland tomorrow morning to join Craig with a temporary passport from the Edinburgh Consulate.I will then on Saturday be on a plane back home to Chicago then on a bus to Minneapolis to be in Minnesota by Sunday night.
My passport went missing a little while ago when I lost track of it while traveling back and forth from Edinburgh Scotland to Dundee Scotland. When I was going to go to a nightclub called Fat Sam’s I first noticed it was missing. At the time I searched Craig’s flat until there was no where that hadn’t been searched, and then we searched again. Craig and I concluded that the passport had probably been left in Edinburgh with a lot of other things i’d left behind including my primary pairs of jeans. When we made arrangements to come back we had in mind that the passport was in Edinburgh. It was to our surprise to get here yesterday expecting to get a flight today to find that there was no passport anywhere to be found. I concluded that it fell out of my bag somewhere and after mad searching for it here in Edinburgh we decided to report it missing. The only solution was that I could go out to the United States of America Embassy or consulate and prove my citizenship for a temporary passport. Sadly the flight I was going to be taking to belfast left before the consulate here in Edinburgh opened.
We had to change our plans so that I could walk into the U.S. consulate to get a temporary passport. My current flight back home is from Belfast Ireland on Saturday and I can’t get to that flight unless I get to Belfast Ireland itself first. Craig had to change the booking for my ticket for the flight till tomorrow which buys me an extra day to get my passport, Craig kept his ticket and continued on to Ireland today because it was pointless for us both to get new tickets when it was only me that was needed at the US consulate.That makes me sad because it makes me lose one day of vacation with Craig.
Craig and I were scheduled to head to Belfast together this morning to have a small vacation together before Craig saw me off back to America. But since I only had my primary ID being my passport and since that is the only Identification accepted Internationally, without my passport I would not be able to board my normally scheduled flight to Belfast that left this morning. So today with help from my mother and my employer Jerry who has a copy of my passport. I hope I will be able to walk into the consulate and after having my passport copy faxed over, recieve a temporary passport. The consulate has no choice but to send me back to the United States of America, because I am an US citizen. The only thing that we are now worried about is time. If the Edinburgh consulate cannot provide me with a temporary passport by tomorrow I will miss my flight to belfast and I will therefore miss my flight back to the United States on Saturday which will mean that I will have to buy another 300$ ticket back to the US in about 2 to 3 weeks. And be stuck (not fully to my dismay) in Scotland for another few weeks, missing school and all that jazz.
I know personally I will not be able to afford a ticket because my bank account has been frozen since I came to Scotland for reasons unknown, I know that my mom can’t afford one either. Regardless I know that my mom will do all she can to get me back into the country. I love that I can trust that she has my back. Right now I’m just hoping that all goes well when i head out to the consulate in a few minutes and that my passport is faxed in good time. Currently it is around 2am in Minnesota and nothing will be open. My mother is also going to fax my birth certificate over to the people in the consulate as secondary proof of my citizenship.
Craig said he was afraid of me being banned from Scotland because I lost my passport. I know that that’s will not happen because only criminals get banned from countries and I’ve done no wrong. I know I will for sure miss him today. And I feel better knowing that if this doesn’t work out that I’ll have him back to me on Monday.
Hopefully all the time issues work out…so that’s what’s going on…I’m off to walk tot he consulate…Pray for me!
January 26th, 2009
Over that past month and a half I’ve had a chance to pick many desserts, These are just a few I enjoyed:
Jimmy Chungs: Soft Serve Ice Cream, Mango Pudding and cake.
Jimmy Chung’s Dessert
Taza’s Lemon Cheesecake, Rice Pudding and Indian Ice Cream.
Taza’s Dessert
January 26th, 2009
And looking back I’d like to list some of the things I’ve had an opportunity to Eat in the last month and a half.
- I’ve Eaten at fine/not so fine restaurants such as:
-Tonic: Home of great Milk shakes and the best Burgers…ever! 141 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DPTel: 01382 226103
Tonic Burger
- Burger King
Burger King Food
-KFC
KFC
- Greggs: Brilliant and I’m upset that America doesn’t have it.
Greggs
-The Pancake Place: Was a bit over priced but was good
The Pancake Place (Highland Pancake) @ bottom and (American) up top.
-Da Vinci’s Pizza: 1 whole pizza with a ton of toppings for a about 5 dollars…and 2 big pizzas for 10 awesome!
Yum Da Vinci’s Pizza
-Anima Italian Soul Food
Anima Pizza
-L’Alba D’oro : The Best Haggis Supper in the UK I’ve tasted so far
Haggis Supper from L-Alba D’oro
- Taza Indian Buffet Restaurant
Taza Indian Food
-Jimmy Chungs
Jimmy Chung’s Chinese food
January 23rd, 2009
Today I was woken up by the knock of Craig’s landlord going from room to room for some reason. Scary as it was Craig’s door was unlocked and I was laying on his floor in a sleeping bag practically right in front of the unlocked door. I’m not sure that my staying with Craig over the last month has been the most legal of acts in his flat situation. But I am nervous to bump into his landlord every time I walk out into the hallways. I know that Craig’s neighbors know that I’m staying with him, or I assume that they know because Craig has ‘brought in’ food to me on more than one occasion. This morning though Craig’s landlord was going door to door knocking and asking something and he has yet to get to this room…How will i explain my presents in Craig’s room at 9am…or at 10 am or any other time? I was thinking the whole ‘This is my boyfriend I spent the night’ thing might work if I was to bend the truth…I don’t think Craig’s landlord is one to ask too many questions anyway. But I’m still on edge about being in this flat 24/7 and having people see me. Back home a person is allowed to stay in a dorm/apt with a student as long as they want as long as the student’s roommate agrees to the arrangement. I wonder if things are different here.
Packing up all my things and putting them into the closet this morning was kind of scary like when Craig’s flat cleaning lady had to come to clean the bathroom.
idk…It’s like since I left Belfast I feel like everyone is out to get me. Since I have to leave by the end of January I feel like everyone now that the end is coming is out to get me more than ever. Plus I’m kind of freaking out because I can’t find my passport :(. Hopefully the landlord isn’t looking for non authorized guests and my waking Craig up this morning wasn’t in vain.
January 21st, 2009
Sexy ass glasses
Tonight I found myself making a huge step in a different direction. I picked Kebabs over Clubbing and an evening in over an evening of dancing out. Maybe it’s because I only wanted to get all dressed up to see if Craig would actually do something that i thought I wanted to do. I kind of pushed him into it…saying…get dressed are you getting dressed…and first thing…I’m taking you clubbing.
Yum!
I just discovered Clubs back home when I first went with a group from my University and I always would go and wish that I had someone I could dance with. Now that I have Craig for these last 2 weeks I want to do all the things I haven’t been able to do with my best friend and my boyfriend in the time I have with him. But since i find it hard to not see myself with Craig again I know that there will be other nights to go to ‘the club’ and after I got dressed and he was looking nice I felt I only wanted to go out for something to eat and a nice walk and FORGET EVERYTHING ELSE. What do you know…it’s like I’m getting older and I can’t see myself in a club anymore and i’d rather see myself sitting watching a movie with the one I love back (home?)
Craig and i
Craig says I’m a student so I’m not too old for the club, but what reason do women have to go to clubs anyway? Get a man or grind on the man you have… I have a man and I can save dirty dancing for another night…
The Kebabs here are freakin’ awesome! And Craig looks good enough to eat in what he’s wearing.
_Dazed from the flash—->
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