Not having a great week March 3, 2009

I was really trying to be calm about the week that was ahead of me, but when I got up yesterday morning a wave of anxiety hit me. It was hot, I had left my wallet at home and I was literally hot and bothered by the time I got to work. It ended up being largely unnecessary – there was no news and today we learned that the ship is being loaded tomorrow, so the earliest I can deal with anything (copies of documents that are emailed to us need to be taken downtown to the customs agent) will be Thursday. So I simply tried to go on with the neverending APP mailing and get an idea of everything else that needs to be done. I also had to make a trip downtown with Dr Woodrow – we needed a notarised document stating that I authorise him to drive my car across the border into Mozambique, and as usual we were given the runaround on what exactly needed to be done. I ended up going by there this morning with a copy of my passport and was told to come back at 10h30, when the clerk eventually typed the letter while I was sitting there, and then I waited I think another 30 minutes for another clerk to take it to the director for her signature. I was stressed out, because I thought Dr Woodrow was leaving the house at 11h30, but it turned out to be nearer to 12h30, so I had more than enough time. Aside from these two hours in my life I will never get back, I wasn’t very productive today because of the beginnings of a cold – I got up with a sore throat and a thick head this morning and have had very little energy all day. Another reason to be thankful that I didn’t have to deal with shipping containers!  I was also spoiled in the sense that I got a ride to SIL this afternoon, was able to get some library books and got dropped off at home – I simply couldn’t face walking even a few blocks. I hope this passes over quickly, there is just too much to be done to be out of action now!