TO LEARN THE ROPES (August 10, 2011)
I dreamt that I was supposed to send some sort of form by registered mail, but that I was confused about how to pay an additional fee that was required. The form I filled out without any problem. The letter was addressed to some government office in Croatia. The fee I was required to pay was thirty Croatian kuna. I was wondering whether I could pay it by buying postal stamps to that amount over and above the postal fee. If that was possible, I only needed to figure out the postal fee for registered mail. I do not remember why I was trying to figure this out all by myself rather than asking someone who could help me with the whole thing. Anyone in any post office could tell exactly me what to do. When I woke up, I went over the dream a few times. It represents my many confusions about the Croatian government pretty well, but how is it possible that eight full years in this country have not been sufficient for me to learn the ropes? Will I ever learn them? Am I simply refusing to know anything about the ropes in Croatia?