A bit of bad news today. Believe it or not, the Swedish University Studies office managed to to lose my official University of Minnesota transcript, which Scott discovered online this morning when checking on my application status, and I won't meet their eligibility requirements until the transcript is found. To make a long story short, I was able to contact the U of M to obtain the FedEx tracking number. According to the online tracking, the package was delivered on Feb. 18, signed for by K. Johannson. By the time we found this information online the Swedish University Studies office had closed, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out who this mystery Johannson character is, and what he/she did with my official transcript! Although this wasn't the only trouble of the day, it was definitely the most troubling.
I also made a trip to Handelsbanken to make a withdrawal and check on the status of our debit/ATM cards this afternoon, except there was no record whatsoever of the cards, or the application for the cards. I had to re-apply, so it should be in progress now - let's hope!
My one semi-success story of the day is that we managed to unlock my Nokia phone so that I can set up a local calling plan. The flip side is that The Phone House couldn't actually give me a plan because I need to show proof of funds. Given the way my day was going, I wasn't really surprised, but it was a thoroughly frustrating day.
Things are finally looking up right now - Scott is cooking dinner and vacuuming the apartment while I write this post :)
Also, Scott's brother David bought us a Skype phone number for Scott's birthday (thanks Dave). It's a local Minneapolis number that we don't want to post for the world to see, so just e-mail us for the number, and then remember that Stockholm is six hours ahead (seven as of next Sunday, due to daylight savings here). The calls are routed to our computer at the apartment, and if you happen to call while we're out and about you can even leave us a voice message. The other option to reach us online is to register for a free Skype account. Skype has both instant messaging and the ability to talk with video if you have a webcam (which we do), although you certainly don't need a webcam to talk as long as your computer has speakers and a microphone.
p.s. Two dynamite explosions below the apartment building tonight! Crazy.
2 comments:
That was a dynamite post....really, top notch. ;)
Needless to say, I hope the transcript shenanigans are cleared up tomorrow. Good luck!
One of these days I'll have to actually get a webcam... :)
after all your work getting it there on time??? you raise hell!
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