We have just received the news that our visas are on their way and within the next two weeks I will be freezing my ass off in Copenhagen.
The process has been a frustrating one and unless your visa has been delayed, you have sold your lifes belongings and anything you do own is in a cargo container waiting across the oceans, you have two suitcases to your name and the days seem slower than usual...if you know of these things, well then you know how I feel.
My friends look at me with puppy dog eyes every time I complain that my visa hasnt come, they dont quite understand that I am not on holiday. No car, bad weather, no work and no real purpose here... the extra 5 weeks I have been waiting have slowly shaved my ambition of moving to Copenhagen in the first place. No - I dont want to go to a place with a 12 degree climate when its still meant to be Summer over there but YES- i want to start my life and get on with it.
No One quite understands the predicament of waiting for a visa: because that is what it is - - --waiting
* you cant go shopping because you cant buy anything because as it is; you bags can barely close and if your zip breaks, well then the only thing I will be shopping for and bringing home is a new travel bag
*summer is ripening in south africa and all i want is the sun on body and the latest fahion on my limbs, but i have been warned that if i bring one more item of summer clothing home theres gonna be trouble(p.s and dont tell; the great thing about sumer clothing is that you can scrunch it up real small an pop it in the corner of your suitcase)
* By this stage you have watched everything the cinema has to offer, even the painful stuff. and everytime you pay premium price at the movie counter you think to yourself that you might as well pay the extra cash and become a movie club member because that how long you have been here.
*your suitcase is never neat and you just dont care
*you have mixed and matched all items of clothing to form new looks, alas people are starting to wonder if you just have a favourite outfit or do you just not own any other cothes
*at this stage people are no longer suprised when they bump into you, and I get the feeling some are starting to think I am lying about moving out the country in the first place
So I will say this: I will be leaving and through it all, my extra time with family and friends has been priceless but when that visa comes, im gnna have a big smile on my face. Im gonna feel anxious and nervous but excited and Im going to feel that finally I have turned the page and get to see what the new chapter holds
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