Jarryd va a esperar

Yes, I'm going to wait. Patience is something that I am having to constantly work on here. There are many things that are exhausting: the constant 100 degree heat and humidity, the 4 hour long classes of Operations Management, Finance and Statistics that are taught in Spanish, the long, hungry hours put in outside of class in group work, studying, and homework, living in a new country and city and trying to get used to all of it.

What I am currently waiting on is getting my Visa process going. It is a big job to line up university forms, proofs of residency and dinero, copies of visa and passport and of course unsmiling pictures.

I got my unsmiling pictures taken last week and I mentioned to the lady who took them that it was the easiest part of the Visa process. Spoke too soon. She said that they would be open all day on Monday and there wasn't even a lunch hour that I had to worry about. Apparently not.

So hopefully I'll get that figured out tomorrow so I can move on to the next thing, getting in contact with some of the Rotary clubs in my area. A few weeks ago, during what apparently was lunch hour (hours...1-2:30 or 3!) I called some numbers of clubs I found on rotary.com, and left some messages hoping someone would call me back. No luck, but one of my friends showed me the hotel where 2 of the clubs meet, and it happens to be close to my school.

So far, I think I can say that I am settling in well. I am making friends with the other students in my program, I understand almost all of the classes. My Spanish is definitely improving and that's one of the main reasons I came. This city is legit and the university is amazing.

So all in all, I feel blessed and happy to be here and I am looking forward to keepin on keepin on.

Thanks for reading!

God bless!