"But what," badgers a relentless voice, "exactly are you doing out here? What are you accomplishing? What are you getting out of it? And what, oh especially what are you going to do with your life?"

The voice usually stops me. Knocks me down, kicks sand in my face. But this time, finally, I tell the voice to shut up. It's a stupid question, what are you going to do with your life. Setting out to do something with your life is like sitting down to eat a moose. Nobody ever did anything succussfully with their life. Instead they did something with their day. Each day.

Sunrise is birth. Sleep is death. Each day is your life.

Let the moose run. Eat some blueberries.
- Douglas Wood

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

(possible) set-back #1

Uh ohs... So, due to my stupidity and Canada Post's incompetence, I may not have a passport by the time I need it!

I sent it to the Mongolian Embassy in Ottawa via Priority mail expecting it to get there within 2 days. It took 3. And I didn't account for Labour Day... so now it's going to be a close call. I was planning on heading down to Vancouver on Sunday so I could get my Chinese visa on Monday, then go down to Seattle and fly to Sweden on Tuesday... however, if I don't get my passport... I suppose that won't happen.

Hopefully it's on it's way and will arrive on Friday. If not, my options are to rebook my flight (which would cost a bit) or try to get my Chinese visa somewhere else, maybe Sweden.

Any thoughts?
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3 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 10, 2009 at 9:12 AM

    Live in the adventure. And get the chinese visa in Sweden with Kelly...

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  2. JoelSeptember 10, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    You have the option of rushing a Chinese visa, which costs an extra $50 but takes less then 24hrs. Looking at your timeline, I am assuming you were already counting on this?

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2009 at 7:33 PM

    No suggestions, just sharing some hope. I got my visa sent out to me in Vancouver on Tuesday, got here on thursday and it's all working out. It's really too bad that we couldn't meet up! Best of luck with the passport though!
    ~Culp

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