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Aaand I'm back. - ~Axis~ - 08-01-2015
Hey there guys. Sorry that I disappeared. I'll fill you in on why.
I was living in Ethiopia for the last few years and I decided to move back to America. During that time a lot of things seemed to happen. For one thing there was a fire in my house (bedroom to be specific) and everything that was important to me turned into nothing but ashes... except FOR MY DOCUMENTS WHICH HAPPENED TO BE BARELY UNTOUCHED. The cause of it, as investigators from the police told me, was faulty wiring in the lighting system. He said that the fire started out at the light switch and sparks started and hit the bed... Which started an inferno. So I went on a rather long and tiresome journey to the US embassy to get a new passport and to the immigration office to get a new ethiopian visa. It just so happened to be that my visa had already been expired for a few months so I had to pay a penalty fine of $10 per day since the day it was expired... Which I should say equaled to around $900. But after all that, I am here in Dallas, Texas enjoying the burning hot sun. So yeah, that's about it and I guess I'm back.
RE: Aaand I'm back. - TomGuycott - 08-01-2015
I'm sorry to hear about all that awful stuff, but I'm glad to see you are back. I was literally just wondering where you were again yesterday.
RE: Aaand I'm back. - Kosheh - 08-01-2015
Yikes. Here I thought you were still in Ethiopia (and I was actually gonna ask if you saw Obama since he's been visiting last week, lol. I saw a very familiar city name turn up in the news which in turn made me think of you!) but turns out the reason for your absence was not a particularly good one, but a rather harrowing one.
Sorry to hear about all that's happened, but uhhhh
welcome back, regardless! o/
RE: Aaand I'm back. - Neweegee - 08-01-2015
Welcome back! I was wondering where you went, but DANG, I didn't expect anything like that to have happened. I hope things have been getting better for you, though.
RE: Aaand I'm back. - Garamonde - 08-01-2015
Damn, that's pretty rough. Welcome back though.
RE: Aaand I'm back. - Shade - 08-01-2015
Oh, man. That all sucks really bad. : <
Hope you're settling in okay, it's good to see you back!
RE: Aaand I'm back. - ~Axis~ - 08-01-2015
Thank you all for your greetings. Everything is going smoothly for me now so no worries here.
@Kosheh : Yeah I saw Obama in the news and I was happy to see him visit Ethiopia.
RE: Aaand I'm back. - Onett Person - 08-01-2015
TEXAS FOR LIFE MAN!
RE: Aaand I'm back. - puggsoy - 08-02-2015
Oh man that's terrible
Good to hear you're OK though, and glad to see you back
RE: Aaand I'm back. - psychospacecow - 08-02-2015
Wish I knew what to tell ya. Its good to hear from you though, Blur.
RE: Aaand I'm back. - ~Axis~ - 08-02-2015
Thanks guys!
RE: Aaand I'm back. - Petie - 08-02-2015
Sounds like you had a rather rough welcome back to the US but I'm glad to hear you're at least back on your feet and taking it in stride. Best of luck sorting all of that out but welcome back in the meantime!
RE: Aaand I'm back. - Dazz - 08-02-2015
Man, yeah, seriously - sympathy goes out to you. That's really horrid stuff. Glad to know that you're on your feet though and everything is going well again. It's good to have you back!