Bummed Out

Still no letter, which means we have to wait until next week, when we get back from Jersey, to go to the consulate. That'll be just under four weeks. The representative of the yeshiva we've been talking to says not to worry - when she moved to Israel to make Aliyah (literally, "going up," means to move there permanently and become a citizen), she didn't receive her visa until a half-hour before getting on the plane. I can't figure out how that worked...