Weeknotes #351

I finally submitted my visa extension application and was a bit miffed to discover that apparently my ‘application to make an application’ (as I derisively called it last week) finished processing on Wednesday 29 September. I hadn’t realised because I’d been expecting an e-mail saying that this occurred. Would I have been able to submit my application before the fees went up otherwise? I don’t know. It’s frustrating to think that I may well have. Hopefully the processing itself doesn’t take too long. I keep reminding myself that if we were in Australia this would take (much) longer and cost (even) more. John came down with something during the week and was running a slight fever by Tuesday afternoon. The fever was gone by Wednesday morning but we kept him home just to be safe. He’s had a persistent sniffle but otherwise doesn’t seem too ill. Rowan has similar nasal congestion and, by Friday, Eri and I had come down with, too. The symptoms for Eri and me seem worse than for the boys…