I Made It!!

I made it! The flights actually went quite well too. There was a short delay leaving Chicago but it actually worked out just fine because it just shortened the layover in Houston. It was a relatively short flight from Houston to Liberia (only about 3.5 hours) and I sat next to a very nice and chatty guy from San Diego who was going to Costa Rica to look at buying retirement property. That´s the thing to do apparently as the land is relatively cheap.

I arrived at the airport, which isn´t much more than a big, open aired shed and passed through customs with no problem. The customs officer asked me where I was going to stay and since I had no idea, which he didn´t seem to approve of, he reluctantly let me pass. I was told that there would be a woman there to pick me up but I wasn´t sure if that was actually going to happen. Fortunately, a woman and her son were there waiting and took me into town and arranged for me to stay a hostel for a couple days.

All in all, everything is good. I´ve been wandering around Liberia most of the morning just trying to get a feel for things. I´m meeting Jan this afternoon and hopefully he´ll illuminate the situation a little bit more. I think general confusion best describes the days in a foreign country and I´m no exception. Never fear, I´ll sort it out soon enough.

A Whirlwind Finish

Holy Hell!! It's been a pretty crazy last week. I am back in Ames and am literally minutes from leaving for Chicago. We're only slightly behind schedule which is not too bad for the Ritzes. We finally found a subletter and the GREs, though one of the more distressing single experiences in recent memory, went pretty well. I hope that I will never again have the misfortune of taking another standardized test. Alright, I'm being called out the door. More to come soon, maybe.

I Hate Moving

I think that moving might be the most frustrating and annoying activities in life. Never mind packing, transportating, and unpacking all the junk that one inevitably accumulates, the process of finding the right place is agonizing in an of itself. I have been trying for well over a month to find someone to sublet my apartment and it has been a much more difficult undertaking than I had ever imagined.

I've been posting on Craigslist and talking with everyone I could think of and though I've had some inquiries, everyone has completely flaked out so far. I think everyone I've contacted so far, save two or three, have been complete sketchballs and either not replied or changed their minds. As the time before I leave quickly dwindles, my lack of subletter has dug itself closer and closer to the front of my mind to the point we're I had a hard time studying because I was stressing about finding someone in time. Fortunately, I think I found someone at work who wants to move in but my fingers are crossed as they knock on wood.

This is a test, This is only a test!

Alright everybody, here is the inaugural post of my blog. I've still got about a week and a half until I actually leave for Costa Rica but I've got what feels like a million things to do before leaving. I am making progress but there are still some big things I need to take care of, namely finding someone to sublet my apartment/move out and take the GREs. Neither of which are the most alluring tasks.

Anyway, I hope this post works. More to come sometime soon.