Great news, for me! I don't have to fly back to the States to make my visa application.  I guess this is bad news for my friends and family in the States but I couldn't be happier.

I get to stay in Bulgaria, make a couple of short trips to Greece and I'll hardly miss teaching any school.  I have no idea how it all worked out or how many hoops we had to jump through but it happened somehow.  Yipiee.

This said until I get my new visa I am not going to be cheering too much but I think that it will all work out.  I just didn't realize how much I'd been worrying about it until I found out that there was a serious plan in place to get the visa.  Now it seems to be clearly on the horizon. Phew-phew.