terça-feira, abril 08, 2008

Now having been a victim of credit card cloning in Brasil, I had to take a day off work today to go use the notary at the American Consulate in Salvador to file my affidavit for Visa. For those of you unfamiliar with our consulate, it is only open from 8:30-11:30, Monday through Friday, which conflicts with most work schedules for those of us who work full time. So I set out at 8 AM to get my stuff taken care of, with the loose plan to head into work when I was done. Once I got there, filled out the form I discovered that the fee was R$54 and I had only brought R$52 with me. So I packed everything up and returned home to retrieve R$2, walked back, paid my fee, and was finished with the whole thing by about 11. Now, however, it was a bit late for me to go into work, so I just stayed here and took care of Ju because our nanny is sick. I also hoped to do some report cards, but again, I cannot seem to access the H drive at school and so here I sit....

2 comentários:

markuza disse...

Isn't that nuts- 30 bucks for a notary??? They won't take a mixture of dollars and reis either- one, or the other. At least you're in walking distance!

Leo disse...

Grrrrrrr. The post office wants to charge me $320 for my package, on stuff that I have already rightly purchased and spent a lot on sending it down here. I feeeeel your pain.

P.S. Go tell the principle to give me some work gard darnint.

P.P.S Oh hi, hi hello!

P.P.P.S. Beer, beach, or beer.