The Green Grass Grows All Around

You know those moments in life when you have a problem but everything just keeps going around and around in a circle but you can’t get to the solution because the problem you have is impossible to achieve unless the problem wasn’t there in the first place? I am not sure if that makes sense- so I am going to resort to using an example from a song I learned in Elementary school. When I was in third grade and we would sing this song all the time. The song is called: “The Green Grass Grows All Around”

There was a tree
(There was a tree)

All in the woods
(All in the woods)

The prettiest tree
(The prettiest tree)

That you ever did see
(That you ever did see)

I am now going to skip about 12 lines of the song and go straight to the end –

The germ on the bug,
And the bug on the feather,
And the feather on the wing,
And the wing on the bird,
And the bird in the egg,
And the egg in the nest,
And the nest on the branch,
And the branch on the limb,
And the limb on the tree,
And the tree in a hole,
And the hole in the ground
And the green grass grows all around, all around
The green grass grows all around.

Yes, the green grass grows all around, all around
The green grass grows all around!

Now you may be asking yourself what that has to do with me and the problem I am having- well let me tell you. I have no form of communication other than when I am in the office where I work. If I ever want to call someone I have to drive back to my office late at night to make a phone call when those in Southern California are awake and not at work- which generally is only appropriate on weekends. Also, If I want or need to use the internet- need to go to work. At home (California) this would be an easy solution- go get a connection from a local company. Well living in a France it is not quite so simple. So for your enjoyment I have created my own version of the Green Grass Grow All Around – called: "Her Visa is Far Far Away"

There was a Girl
(There was a girl)

Who lived far away
(Who lived far away)

She couldn’t make calls
(She couldn’t make calls)

This is her story today
(This is her story today)

She Can’t make calls cause she needs a bank account
She doesn’t have a bank account because she needs to get a carte de Jour
She can’t get a Carte de Jour till she get’s her visa
To get her visa she needs to go to London
To get her visa to London she must contact the Consulate in Los Angeles
To contact the Los Angeles Visa Consulate she must call between 2:00- 4:00 Pacific Time
To call California between 2:00 and 4:00 Pacific time would be calling between 10:00 p.m and 12:00 a.m. Paris time.
To make a call at 10:00 p.m or 12:00 am she would need a phone in her apartment to:
Call the Los Angeles Visa Consulate to
Get her visa to London
Go to London and get her visa
Her visa will give her the Carte je Jour to
Get the bank account she needs
To make the phone call to
get her visa in the first place.
And around and around the issue goes.
She couldn’t make calls because her visa is far far away. She couldn’t make calls cause her visa is far far away.

There was a girl
(there was a girl)

Who lived far far away
(Who lived far far away)

She couldn’t make calls
(She couldn’t make calls)

This is her story today
(This is her story today)

Yes- she couldn’t make calls cause her visa is far far away.