13 Mai - Paperwork

Maybe chatting until 1am and not getting to sleep until about 3am wasn't the best way to cure my jetlag.  We were supposed to go to the International office and fill out some paperwork between 9am and 12 so we set the alarm for 8am.  We shut off the alarm and slept until 11am.   We hurried and got ready to go, but they were off to lunch so we were to return at 1pm.

We decided to go back to town and exchange the outlet adapters we bought yesterday.  Right as we left the University, my bike tire went flat, so we walked/ rode it to a bike store I remember passing and bought an air pump.  Turns out the tube had a hole so they had to repair it for me.  Then we went on to the store and found no reverse adapters and were told that we should have bought them back home.  In the hopes of hurrying back to the University to be back by 1pm, we got lost and of course I forgot my map. Skylar is always sure it is one way and I am always sure it is the other way... we are both right about 50% of the time.  By backtracking we finally found our way back and luckily, they were still able to see us.

I filled out a ton of paperwork in German and possibly sold my soul to the devil.  The woman had to read everything to me and tell me what to put where and such.  I also got a to-do list of things to get me settled in like going to the immigration office, the town hall, schools to check for skylar, this office for that, and that office for this.  There is a slight issue about my insurance that I need to get figured out in order to get a visa though... my work insurance only lasts 90 more days and then I can get graduate school insurance for something like $1800 per semester and has to be proven good enough by the immigration office, but German insurance only costs 63 euro per month, so I would much rather do that.  Still figuring out the details though.

We also went to the bank to open an account and were told to make an appointment, so back we go on Monday.

Then back to the flat with another stop to the grocery store to get food for dinner.  It didn't seem like I got much accomplished today and nothing seemed to go very smoothly.  Skylar and I cleaned and organized our room; putting all our clothes in the boxes and shoes on the rack and finding places for all our stuff.  It actually isn't half bad... it looks like a room now and there is floor space and I can find stuff.  In such a tiny space though, the trick is to keep it that way... a place for everything and everything in it's place is our new mantra.  

After another exciting dinner cooked with German ingredients, I relaxed with a bottle of random German beer that I decided to try... and Skylar promptly spilled it all over the floor.  It was too light for my taste anyway.  I got back on the computer for more chatting and blogging and figuring out Skype (which is way cool).  Another late night and more tossing and turning throughout.