FedEx!

I got a phone call on Tuesday from St. John's that my diploma was ready, after weeks of waiting! It was the last document I needed to be 100% ready to mail off my visa application.

I'd graduated in September of 2009, and never received a diploma. I'd been fairly blasé about the whole situation, and put off requesting a new one until I absolutely absolutely needed it for this process. When I initially inquired, I found out that the diploma had been mailed to my old address (I was still living there at the time), but apparently was lost in the mail. Or, someone in Bushwick has a Masters of Education hanging on their wall. When I'd called originally, the woman in the registrar's office explained that it was graduation "season" and that the thousands of diplomas being printed took priority over mine. So, I waited...waited some more, and was sure to harass the registrar's office on a weekly basis until its arrival.

I trekked to Queens to pick up my diploma on Tueday, and was off to FedEx after work on Monday.

In the park near Borough Hall, as we made our way over to FedEx.




I can't stop checking and double checking the contents of the envelope.



Yay!




Spring & Alex, who were kind enough to indulge me on this ridiculous adventure to the FedEx store.



Handing the envelope over to the startled attendant, who seemed confused but entertained at the fact that the entire process was being documented.

After FedEx, I had my THIRD congratulatory Korea dinner with Spring & Alex...we celebrated with high quality American bar food -- burgers & fries! We also shared a peculiar combination of taquitos, wings, and mozzarella sticks...not recommended)