Wow. I am positively livid right now. I have had it up to about here.

Remember how, about a month ago, I had to drive to Abu Dhabi to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to hand it paperwork for an 'equivalency of degree' as part of my application for my Masters Degree? (see The UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research).

It was exactly a month ago today, actually. They said the certificate would take a week, Insh'Allah.

They never called.

Finally today I called and do you know what they said? They said that I have to call the UAE Embassy in Washington, DC.

Well at 12:30 am I finally spoke with someone in Washington, DC.

And he's never heard of me.

My paperwork never made it from Abu Dhabi to Washington. In fact, it's probably lost. That freakin' certificate to prove that I went to freakin' high school that just about put me over the edge? (see High School Equivalence Certificate in Dubai)?

Well that's probably freakin' lost too.

So now the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Abu Dhabi is closed for the weekend. And next week they're open for two days, because of the Eid al-Adha holiday next week. And then Boston University, which has to prove to these guys that I went there and graduated and didn't take more than 12 hours of classes online, well, they'll be closed for the Holidays the week after that.

But I'm not going to be here, anyway, because we're on vacation.

Holy cow, I'm never going to get this freakin' certficate, am I?!?

I'm sorry to make this journal my dumping grounds for complains and bitching, but this is insane. I mean, they're making me jump through hoops on this, and now it appears that the hoops are going to be set on fire and I'll probably have to jump through them all again.

I so need a vacation from this place.