settling in...

so i'm in bogotá, and so far, so good. but seriously, logistics are a huge pain and i'm sure i haven't allotted enough time to really deal with everything. at least a week, even with the Fulbright Commission handling all the difficult stuff for me. colombians *love* paperwork. and fingerprinting. and blood tests! yep, that's on the agenda for tomorrow: apparently the agency equivalent to the fbi in the states (the DAS) wants to know my blood type. with an in-country test (i don't know it anyhow). so once i get the visa (fingers crossed), i still have to get a foreigner's id card. and they ask for the number everywhere -- even when i filled out a form to get a 'super cliente' card at the grocery store (had to -- wines were 25% off with the card).

the only thing so far that i've forgotten and identified is my camera's usb cable -- otherwise i'd be uploading photos from my beautiful view right now. nope, grabbed the wrong one. i'll have to work on correcting that problem; too bad i haven't the slightest idea where i left the correct cable. oops.

ok so this is post number 1 for me. hopefully all the rest of you will be joining in shortly! i want updates on teaching and fieldwork and law school. thankssss.

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