Wondering what's going on with Kara?

Well, I'll tell you: Work Permits and Visas...I mean, singular to both items. But yeah. Here's a general rundown of the stress-fest that has been my last, eh, 3 weeks er so. First off, let's just say everything "they" tell you is a lie in terms of ease of achieving 1. a job and 2. all the crap that goes along with it. I've spent the time since finishing my TEFL course applying to jobs, going to interviews, and babysitting on the side so my income is a little over 0,00 kc. Nonetheless, schools keep not emailing me back, telling me they have courses for me to teach and then not responding to my calls, etc. etc. so I ended up calling in a favor with my roomie who is well-loved by the school he works for. Long story short, his school is now sponsoring my visa (must have a school to employ you for your work permit in order to get a visa). Big HOWEVER addendum to that, however, as there has been some major legwork involved in this process. Shady string-pulling aside, I have since ran around Dejvicka (a region of Prague) attaining the following from very non-descript (re: completely luck that I found any of them) places:
1. notery (to confirm my copy of my TEFL diploma is, in fact, a real copy)
2. translation of said diploma (35 dollars relatively well spent...if I'm having a positive attitude about it)
3. nonexistent doctor (the puzzle piece yet to be completed)
And now...I'm in search of a doctor's note. Need it by the end of the week before I travel to
SLOVAKIA
Yep. Gotta go to Bratislava (city in Slovakia) to apply for my visa. That is, after applying for my work permit. You get the idea: I'll let go of any more auxillary details from here on out. Anyway, things are FINALLY starting to fall in place now, i.e. I am getting close to getting the paperwork in the system and have a (knock on wood) teaching schedule that should get my income back up to where it should be. YAYYYYY! Anyway, this is a good moment for me, as I have been purposefully waiting until I got to this stage in the game to talk about any of this crap in the first place. So yippie for me (and Mom and Dad) for finally getting to a point of (potential/eventual) self-sufficiency. That's that. By the way, Lea and I are having a great time. She's living really close to the school I'm going to be teaching for, actually. And...we got a package from Mom and Dad today with super-fun stuff in it (think Lea at age 12 armed with a blank notebook=nostalgia to the nth degree). Oookay I'm done. Toodles,
Love,
Kara