T-nowhere near enough days

As far as getting everything ready on time is going, I am up the proverbial without a paddle. Hence the extremely sparse posting these days. Hopefully next time I get time and an internet connection at the same time (a rarity in these harrowing times) I can fill you in on the stress that is my life.
Today is my last full day at home. Sadly I can't lie back and enjoy it as it seems I have to do about 20 days' worth of stuff in this time. And it's not like if I don't do it, I can kick back and say 'ah who cares, there's always tomorrow.' Because quite frankly, there is not.
So today, Monday, is last full day. Tuesday I am leaving for London the latest I can conceivably make my dad wait until, and until that time I am being with my boyfriend. This is non-negociable. I need more time with him. If anyone pushes me, I may snap. (Just a wee warning there).
On Wednesday I leave my darling little Travelodge and I'm off to Gatwick. As the situation lies, it looks like Liam will be hitching with us lol. As he is welcome to do, because on Tuesday night, I am finding his room and crying like a baby until he kicks me out. Maybe. I may prefer to drown my sorrows in complete isolation.
Then finally on Thursday I land in Beijing. Which, I'm reliably informed, is 32 degrees C. Also, in an initiative to make the air clearer in time for the Olympics (summer 2008, for those seriously not in the know, ie. on Mars) the authorities are from a few months ago trying to alleviate the pollution levels caused in part by the extreme number of cars circulating daily in Beijing, and there are approximately 1 million less cars on the road in the capital. However the air is apparently (according to the journalist) still acrid, and "burns your lungs at every breath". Oh hahaha, what joy! I can barely contain my excitement about going now, you know!
Oh well, at least I have enough asthma medication to supply a small army.

Uhm... I can has dokumintz now plz? Kthx.

Well finally I've got my act together and decided to blog. Sadly though, my Chinese university of choice (新疆师范大学/XīnJiāng Normal University), has most DEFINITELY not got its act together. So, to get a student (X) visa to go to China I have to have an admission notice from a Chinese university, together with a JW-202 form issued by the Chinese government. Hmm. It appears I have NEITHER of these. No forms = no visa. No visa = no China. My flight is booked so I'd kinda like to know I'll be allowed in the country, y'know?
My English uni (Newcastle) has received faxed copies of these forms, so we know we're definitely allowed to study at XinJiang, but we're waiting on hard copies. Just found out from a classmate that actually the embassies only expect photocopies anyway. I'm stuck in a bureaucratic loop.
Besides that the visa itself seems a huge hassle. To get mine I have to go to London. I was originally going to go to Manchester but apparently my region of England is only served by the London embassy, and not by Manchester (which is CLOSER, GRRR!). As I have no idea when I'll be getting my documents I am loathe to book a train/hotel/day off work. And if my boss kicks up noise about me booking a last-minute day off, I could snap. I may or may not need a medical (something to check soon I guess, lulz) to get this visa. I am going to go for the same-day service which is an extra £20 on top of whatever I pay for the visa. A single-entry is £30, double-entry is £60, and for a year-long multiple-entry visa I have to part with 90 of my precious English pounds. I'm yet to decide which is best for me, as being the skinflint (read broke student) that I am, I'd prefer not to pay for something unnecessary if I can help it. [啊鑫 what are you going for?]
Anyway until I have a visa I refuse to allow myself to relax. Okay, that's not it. I'd LOVE to relax, but I CANNOT! I'm rather rapidly being put off by this. So it's not the worst hassle so far in the world ever, but why do I get the extremely ominous feeling that worse is yet to come...?