As the title suggests, today was a good day and a bad day all rolled into one large package of emotional extremes. I was running around making phone calls all day trying to get my problem worked out. I really shouldn’t go into too much detail about it, because it involves some sensitive information that I don’t really want to post on my blog. With that said, my trip back to the USA from the 22nd of December to the 5th of January has just had a giant wrench thrown in it. I’m a little annoyed, because there are a variety of reasons why things like this happen.
First, I blame terrorists. I mean—when in doubt—blame terrorists. They abused the system we had in place prior to 9/11 and used it to attack our country. This brought a large amount of fear to our country and we collectively decided to shut our borders a lot more. Then I blame people in the United States who have become to xenophobic that they demand the government to take action against regular people trying to visit the USA. I mean, is it right to assume that every single personal applying for a visa wants to live in the USA permanently? Sure, some do—some don’t, too. If you make it look like you’re keeping people out on purpose you’ll end up with a lot of people hating you—just a thought. When did people get so scared of foreign or different? When did people begin not trusting other human beings?
That’s all the information I’ll give at this time. I just think some of the collective decisions we make as a country actually work against us. I mean, are we working under the assumption that everyone wants to come and live permanently in the USA? I can tell you, living in a developing nation, that not everyone thinks we are good and awesome. It could be because our economy is in shambles. Or maybe the fact or politicians don’t really care too much about fixing the country. No, they listen to lobbyists who care more about themselves than the country. Some lobbyists do good things—for a while. Then eventually they earn enough sway to try and do WHATEVER they f’in want. I’m not talking Democrat or Republican. I’m talking leaders who lead to benefit only themselves and their own lives. George Washington didn’t WANT to be President. Abraham Lincoln fought a Civil War. We can’t even agree whether or not to raise taxes or cut unneeded programs. At the same time we’ve got people like Rick Perry coming in and saying our foreign aid should start at $0. What an idiot. If it started at $0 I wouldn’t have the opportunity to do my projects, which use USAID money.
That gets into my second (and more joyous) news. Get ready. Are you ready? I don’t think you’re ready. You’re really ready? Okay, fine…
I got
My
GRANT!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep!!! Once again, I won’t tell you how much money it is, but it’s more than enough to get me my fitness club! I was given a few suggestions, one of which I think will be great. One was about making ‘women only’ workout times. And another was charging a little money to make it more sustainable. The first part is a definite YES! I thought I wrote that in there, but I don’t think I emphasized it enough. As long as I get enough interests from women it will definitely go in there. The second suggestion is not going to work, though. The sports school is a part of the local municipality and are not allowed to take money for memberships fees. They said it may be changed in the future, but for now the municipality of Keda will take monetary responsibility in the future.
It should take a few weeks to get the money, but in the meantime I’ll be making phone calls and trying to figure everything out and making final touches (but not signing anything) on the ordering of equipment and the planning of my project.
Honestly though, even getting the grant isn’t making up for the horrible part of my day…
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