Holy Visa.

This visa process is a killer. After 2 1/2 months of collecting, sending, and worrying, there has to be an end somewhere in sight, doesn't there? I am ready to go downtown to the Korean Consulate today, feeling good and on task and on schedule when I discover...The Korean Consulate in Chicago requires an in-person interview before they will issue me my visa. The closest available interview is next Wednesday (Feb 3) , which I am set to attend. I now have an air-tight schedule that must unfold without a single glitch or I fear my adventures in Asia may never come...
Wed/Feb 3/ 10:30 am- Interview at the Korean Consulate
Thurs/Feb 4-well, nothing here, just enjoy the NBC lineup and Project Runway
Friday/Feb 5/9:30- my visa will be ready for pickup they say...Deities above, I pray it is ready
Friday/Feb 5/after I get my visa- I was told to wait to book my flight until I have my visa in my hand...so, unless my contacts abroad give me the ok to book anyway, I have to book my flight the night before I leave...makes me nervous
Saturday/Feb 6/11:something a.m.-my flight to Incheon (13 hours nonstop...not bad at all)
Sunday/Feb 7/4:30 p.m. Korea time- arrive in Seoul
Monday/Feb 8- FIRST DAY OF WORK...with major jet lag...add on the pressure of this being my first "real" job PLUS my first time out of the country...my eye is going to be fiercely twitching.

Surely, if all goes according to plan, this may well be a most stressful few days. Bring it.