Visa-ish stuffs

Okay. I spent the last two days in Des Moines, IA, which is about 5 hours from here on a bus. I had an appointment to get my fingerprints taken for my visa Thursday at 1pm, so I left Wednesday afternoon. I took a cab to my hotel, which was a Travelodge out next to the interstate surrounded by corn. It was fairly amusing, but a little inconvenient in that the closest place to buy food was two miles down the highway, with no sidewalks. My fat ass ordered a pizza. lol.

I got there pretty late on Wednesday, so once my pizza got there I sat around in the hotel room watching South Park. The room was really fucking nice for the $40 I paid. Hell, I've stayed in rooms that were $120 a night and weren't as nice. Good thing they have that chain in the UK, I think I'll be using them again.

Anyway, Thursday rolled around after the best sleep of my life. That hotel room had the MOST comfortable bed I have EVER slept in. I was in heaven and didn't want to leave! lol.

I wanted to take a bus to the federal building where my appointment was, since a taxi from the bus station cost me $15. I laughed my ass off when I called the bus company and was told that the bus stops 2 miles from my hotel. Fuck that, I thought, and called a cab.

I got there in plenty of time, and the people in the immigration office (Department of Homeland Security, officially...lol) were really nice. No hitches involved. Then, I set out for the post office to get everything sent to the British Consulate office in Chicago. I'd googled the post office's location before leaving home, and it was supposed to be five blocks away.

It was, but the window was closed, so I couldn't do anything. lol. It closed at 1pm and I was there at 1:26pm. Just my luck. Now, I'm sure I could have waited until I got home to send it, but I wanted to do it as quickly as possible, so I called Directory Assistance and they told me to walk a mile in the other direction. I did, and got all my documents overnighted. They were delivered at 11:23am today according to the tracking service. So...yay! I'm still mildly cautious, but I checked everything over at least 5 times before I sent it, so I should be good to go. Let's just hope they get it back to me in short order!

I ended up taking a bus back to the hotel and walking the two miles along the highway, lol. Adding to the lack of sleep last night, I'm pretty much exhausted.

Oh, and as to the driver's license stuff: I'd been playing phone tag since last week, but I got a voicemail on the bus home. The lady said that she'd called the State rather than messing with the forms, and that everything should be okay now.

I'm scared to be this happy.

Soaps

Okay, so...I was sitting here earlier and got to wondering about soaps and deodorants and such things, and if they're different in different countries. I'm pretty sure they are, and this is a bad thing because I am very very picky about which of these types of products I use.

I sweat a lot. I know, it's gross and it's not as if I enjoy it, but I can't exactly help it. I'm sure being chubby doesn't help, but I did the same thing when I was 70 pounds, so I'm pretty sure my fatness isn't the reason. Everyone in my family seems to have the same problem. I'm naturally very warm anyway, so yeah.

For that reason, I've been using men's products for a long time, simply because they're stronger. Yeah, I get funny looks sometimes, but what cashier bitches need to understand is that the flowery girly shit isn't gonna do a whole lot for me. And in general, guy stuff smells better anyway. I really don't feel the need to smell like a baby's ass all day.

Smell is my keenest sense, so I like to smell good. And usually I'll buy a rather strong scent so that if I'm in a situation where I know I'll be sweating, I won't smell awful. I generally bathe and change every article of clothing at least twice a day.

So, yeah. I'm a little scared to move to Scotland because I don't know their products, and I don't know how well they work. Same thing in Sweden. So that means I'll have to test them, and that always sucks.

There is absolutely no point to this post. Yay soap.