This should be interesting . . .

Okay. So, as of the end of the day Thursday I still have not heard from the US Embassy. That makes it a week that I've been e-mailing trying to get a new visa appointment date. Kathy, our coordinator even sent one on our behalf.
Well, my friend Misty gave me the phone number for the Embassy and enouraged me to give them a call and try that route. And, of course, neither my home or cell phone would allow me to dial internationally. So, Misty - being the wonderful friend she is - knew she would be able to get through with her phone so she called them for me. It was 4:30 our time and the Embassy said they were closed for the day and that they will only accept phone calls for appointment changes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I cannot wait until Tuesday! Will not!!
So, I talked to Kathy and she and Amanda suggested that we go ahead and fly down to Guatemala and demand an appointment! Well, sort of. They suggested we print off the tons of e-mails I've sent and send them with Andrea (the in-country coordinator) on Monday when she goes to the Embassy. Then we work on getting them to work us in in the following couple of days.
To do this we probably need to fly out on Sunday and stay until Friday. I have to work out all of the details tomorrow. I also talked to someone at Senator Lugar's office today (the woman who helped me get Ken's passport quickly - which we got today!) and she is going to try calling the Embassy tomorrow herself to see if it gets us anywhere. What the heck, right?
Velocity Tours is standing by for my word on the details of the plan. And poor Alfredo (who will hopefully be translating for us and taking us on a tour) has to change plans again because of all of this crazy mess. Hopefully he'll still be willing to work with us - I hear good things about him and his wife.
So, wish me luck. Tomorrow will probably be a long day!