Today we learned some unexpected things.
On Friday, we got up early to try and get our long-term visas in Tuxtla. It was our third time going there for that reason because we kept coming after they were closed. So we got up early ate breakfast and went on our way.
On the drive there we listened to music of everyone's choice! We got to the correct place, signed in outside the gate, got cards to show that we were visitors. We signed up inside the building and then sat down in chairs and played the dot game. The dot game is where you make a grid solely out of dots and then each person goes around and draws one line. The object of the game is to get the most boxes by drawing the 4th line of a box. You also try not to give the opportunity of making boxes to anyone else. Once you draw the last line on a box, you have to draw another line. What generally happens towards the end of the game is that there are opportunities to finish a bunch of boxes in a large area.
We played the dot game for a while and then an official came and asked us what is was that we came there to do. We told her that we wanted to change our current visas to long-term ones and she told us that this was not the right place to do it. We were supposed to do it in San Cristobal next to the dreaded Chedraui. We were dismayed as we had been told by the Salt Lake Consulate that we had to go to Tuxtla. We had tried three different times and then told it was in our home city. Then she asked us if we had this slip of paper that we should have gotten at the border. We had never seen that before and told her the story of how we didn't have to show anyone at the border a single paper. She seemed to understand our dilemma and she called the place in San Cristobal to see if we could still get our visas there without our slip of paper that we should have gotten at the border. It was supposed to be proof of our entering the country though we are living proof of getting across the border legally. She returned after the phone call and said that we would have to go to the border again to show that we really went across. My initial thought was that we would have to go to Texas to get the slip of paper however she meant that we would have to journey to Guatemala and cross the border to Guatemala and then return to Mexico and get the slip of paper saying we went across the border.
We have until the end of November to get it done though we would like to make the trip in September. We trudged back to the car and ate some Lifesavers that Oscar had snuck into our shopping cart the last time we were in Tuxtla. We went to Soriana again to get some school supplies and then after my mom got some coffee at McDonalds, we went to a really good fast food grilled chicken which was made from real chicken in front of us. We went home at about 6:00 p.m and watched "Stand By Me" which I really liked, even though it was sad.
Good Night!
I am taking a break from the Classical Music and Sleep Experiment for a little bit.
On Friday, we got up early to try and get our long-term visas in Tuxtla. It was our third time going there for that reason because we kept coming after they were closed. So we got up early ate breakfast and went on our way.
On the drive there we listened to music of everyone's choice! We got to the correct place, signed in outside the gate, got cards to show that we were visitors. We signed up inside the building and then sat down in chairs and played the dot game. The dot game is where you make a grid solely out of dots and then each person goes around and draws one line. The object of the game is to get the most boxes by drawing the 4th line of a box. You also try not to give the opportunity of making boxes to anyone else. Once you draw the last line on a box, you have to draw another line. What generally happens towards the end of the game is that there are opportunities to finish a bunch of boxes in a large area.
We played the dot game for a while and then an official came and asked us what is was that we came there to do. We told her that we wanted to change our current visas to long-term ones and she told us that this was not the right place to do it. We were supposed to do it in San Cristobal next to the dreaded Chedraui. We were dismayed as we had been told by the Salt Lake Consulate that we had to go to Tuxtla. We had tried three different times and then told it was in our home city. Then she asked us if we had this slip of paper that we should have gotten at the border. We had never seen that before and told her the story of how we didn't have to show anyone at the border a single paper. She seemed to understand our dilemma and she called the place in San Cristobal to see if we could still get our visas there without our slip of paper that we should have gotten at the border. It was supposed to be proof of our entering the country though we are living proof of getting across the border legally. She returned after the phone call and said that we would have to go to the border again to show that we really went across. My initial thought was that we would have to go to Texas to get the slip of paper however she meant that we would have to journey to Guatemala and cross the border to Guatemala and then return to Mexico and get the slip of paper saying we went across the border.
We have until the end of November to get it done though we would like to make the trip in September. We trudged back to the car and ate some Lifesavers that Oscar had snuck into our shopping cart the last time we were in Tuxtla. We went to Soriana again to get some school supplies and then after my mom got some coffee at McDonalds, we went to a really good fast food grilled chicken which was made from real chicken in front of us. We went home at about 6:00 p.m and watched "Stand By Me" which I really liked, even though it was sad.
Good Night!
I am taking a break from the Classical Music and Sleep Experiment for a little bit.
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