Hmmm, good thoughts. I definitely would need the birth certificate if we did a legal volunteering or internship thing. That would put back the estimated time of departure at least two weeks just to get that piece of paper... then more weeks for the visa... and I don't know how long I'll be able to stay here.

Also, I don't really have an address right now, which makes it difficult to get legal papers, and difficult to persuade border guards that I'm planning on coming back.

I just feel confused right now. No direction looks likely, and I've been so busy just trying to find a roof that I am no longer sure of what I WANT to do. Actually, I know what I want. I want to dig in somewhere for three months and sort through my stuff, sort through my options, and decide what I want to do. ARRRRGH!