First I have to get my fingerprints. This costs $20 and is by appointment only. The next available appointment is Thursday at 6:30pm. Well, of course I signed up. I had no choice.
Next I will have to send a check to the State Police for $33. There is no expedited process and it will take 5-7 days. I don't even know what kind of envelope to send this in. I should find that out.
If I send it on Friday morning it could get back to me by late that next week.
At that point I'll have to drive down to Salem, Oregon (about an hour drive away) and get it apostillized. This costs $10.
All of this MUST be done by August 25th because that is when I fly out to San Diego and officially leave Portland.
I am so scared all of this will not be done in time. I'm worried that I'm going to get delayed again which maybe isn't the biggest deal but I feel like I'm already making a bad impression on the school because my start date has already been delayed from Sept 1 to Sept 7. And what if I still don't get everything done by then?
I admire my ability to take on an idea so quickly and just go for it but this was also a terrible idea. This legal document process is so complicated that doing it in just 1 month is not really possible. There is just too much to do.
This just in: I just got a phone call that said that if I can't get all my documents in time then they will be forced to find another English teacher at that school. And as for me.....??
I'm still afraid that this is all just a giant mistake. I like adventure but am I really ready for this one?
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