We were unable to get the absentee ballot for the US elections. I talked to someone at our local registration board and she didn’t have a clue as to how absentee ballots work. She transferred us to the specialist but all we ever got was voicemail. We could have downloaded the application online, but we would have to go to an internet cafe to print it, and then find somewhere to print it. Timewise we would have had to overnight the application and ultimately the ballot. In the end, we just got busy/lazy and didn’t get things done.
This morning Amy was supposed to be at her class by 8 am. She set the alarm for around 7. It went off and I remember hitting the snooze button and rolling back over. Either it went off again and I simply turned it off instead of snoozing or when I snoozed I accidentally hit the button to turn it off. Either way, it did not go off again and I awoke at about 7:40 to realize Amy was still in bed. Poor girl had to rush around and fly out the door to make it. Luckily we live about 5 minutes away from school so she wasn’t too bad off.
It is another rainy, dreary day out there today. All in all the fall has not been as bad as I suspected. We’ve had several spouts of sunshine and warm weather. This is always followed by several days of drizzling rain, but hey at least we’ve had some sun. The winter, I am afraid, will be miserable.
We are tentatively planning a ski trip in the Alps. Prices are quite expensive but if I can get the AIMers to come then individually the price won’t be too bad. We cannot actually go to the Swiss part of the Alps because our Croatian friend does not have a proper Visa. Croatia is not part of the European Union and getting a Visa for a country that is part of the Union is quite difficult. Now that he is in France (part of the Union) as a visitor it is not wise for him to leave the Union (Switzerland) and try to come back in. So we are looking at maybe hitting the mountains in Germany. Amy has never gone skiing before, and I am psyched about her learning in the Alps, even if she is not.
themidnightcafe.org 
Croatia joined the European Union in 2013
It is Switzerland that is not a member of the European Union
So for that country your Croatian friend needs a visa
This post was written in 2004. I lived in France from September 2004 to June 2005. These old posts have been in private mode for a long time. I’ve been slowly going through them and making them public. When I do so WordPress automatically sends out an e-mail. So it looks like they are new, but they most certainly are not.
So all the news – like Croatia not being in the EU – is outdated. But I thought my adventures in France might be fun to read anyway.
I didn’t pay attention to the date 😇
I’m sure it is confusing when you get the e-mails as nobody really pays attention to the date of the original posting. But I’m not sure how to fix that.