"shocking news"

I am still in the United States, Colorado Springs to be precise. Am I happy about that? I'll give you three guesses and the first two don't count (I love it when my mom says that). I was supposed to leave September 12, but a week later i'm still here. I would like to say that I am a patient person, but i'm so unbelievably anxious to go play, it's not even funny! I do have to remember that all last week I ran around like crazy trying to get everything together; I would have been completely unprepared to leave on the initial departure date!

From Olaf:
9/14: "It's just the work permit, the residence permit depends on the work permit and the playing permit depends on the residence permit. It's a mess"
9/19: "Shocking news… out of a sudden they have almost all permits. Expect to fly in a week from today."

Although i've been frustrated that I am not there yet, I have gotten to do some pretty neat things in the mean time:

 got to see Hannah play a couple extra times (she was even nice enough to score a few sicknash goals)

 got to spend some time with LIVVEEEEEE from JBU, we walked around the Broadmoor

 quarter car wash... nuff said

 helped dad paint the frame to his car