Paper Trail

So here at EIS (our school) there is a paper trail for everything. I have been trying to get supplies for a couple of days now. It is quite the process.

1. Find the "bodega" book. The bodega is the place you get supplies from. You have to hunt down the book that the forms are in. It can be difficult because you have to take the book with you to get the supplies and there is only one book per school.
2. Fill out the supplies you want. You have to guess what they might have because there is no list of supplies.
3. Find the vice principal and have her sign the form in the book. (I think it is a triplicate document.) She didn't even look at what I was getting and signed it.
4. Walk across campus to go to the bodega. But, they don't open until 7:30 (we have to clock in by 6:45 with our fingerprint). Hence, I am sitting in the library computer lab typing so I don't have to walk across campus to my room to wait the 20 minutes I was early.
5. Wait for them to gather the supplies. I'm not sure how long this will take. I haven't done it yet.
6. Hope that they understood what you were asking for because I wrote in English and some of them only speak Spanish (I heard this from other teachers).
7. Walk back to my classroom with my bag of supplies.

Also, I found out that to make copies I have to get the principal or vice principal to sign a copy form and then take it to the copy room. I am still unclear if there are people there who make the copies or if I make them myself.

It's 7:30 and I'm determined to get my supplies. Adios!