Visa, Visa, Visa

Arg! I just had a call about our visa applications and apparently from the Birmingham office (which we have to go to because we are up north) you can only apply for a 6 month visa. I asked for a year multiple entry visa so I could stay then for a six month period. But no, I have to have a six month one and it will be valid from the day of ISSUE, so in about a week. This means that for this visa I will have only four months actually in TN to do my research! This is massive. I need to think. DB thinks we should apply in a month, obviously, the later the better. But then we will have no flights still? We must book the flights without the visa I reckon then. I am booking these on the first of sept. I shall only be able to go until the beginning of march max. SoI won't be spending my 30th on a tropical island any more. BOOOOOO. I will be in the rubbish UK. And it isn't long enough - I am bound to have to go all the way back for a few months which means when I come back I won't have finished my fieldwork yet and will add on another few months to the time I have allocated to my PhD.

Gosh. This is complicated. I am confused. I need to cancel the application and reapply. Arf.

Our car broke so we are still in Cornwall. Mr AA man came and fixed it and so DB is now faffing. I am going to go and kick his butt and let's go home! I need to sort stuff!

I have been wondering if, IF (when?! please god when) I have finished this fieldwork and am busy writing up and decided to have a baba (if? when... ?!) if I can live in Cornwall and commute up to The North when I need to see my Sup. Would this be insane? I go to uni so rarely and have few friends (sadly) and down here is my whole life - friends, sea, relaxing, hometown, family... And I see my Sup every few months. And also, he spends quite a bit of time down in the South in Plymo - we could even meet up there.

I wonder...........................

laters y'all

x J