Physical, Flights, and Financial Aid

I had my physical today. It wasn't bad. I just had my immunization records looked over, blood pressure taken, pulse taken, and lungs listened to. Then I fielded several questions about my destination. That was it. I have no idea why UIowa said they didn't have time to do that. Later on, I called a few times regarding financial aid. Over the weekend, I checked my Iowa account to see if any progress in this area had taken place. Low and behold, many of the numbers had in fact changed! Unfortunately, some hadn't, like the proportion between my subsidized and unsubsidized loans, etc. Confused, I pointed this out to another advisor I spoke to this afternoon. Her impression was that my financial advisor had only done about half of the refiguring. In fact, she could tell something was wrong but wasn't sure what, explaining that new figures are often submitted to the registrar and must be re-entered by them and on their time table. But if this were the case, I wonder that my financial advisor never bothered to return the three messages I have left for him between yesterday and today? After relating this fresh frustration to my parents this evening, it was generally agreed upon that on Thursday (tomorrow's the 4th and the office will be closed) we will endeavor to discover who this person's superior is, make an appointment with him/her, and try to get this sorted out with someone who may be able to better deal with this person's complete incompetence.
I know I must come off as terribly harsh but bear in mind that every day wasted by this person whose job is to help students deal with the financial aid machine represents a bit more financial aid I will no longer be eligible for. I was promised that this process would be completed at the beginning of June. A month later, I am still waiting for resolution. He has had every form he needs from me for nearly two months and I am helplessly watching him bungle what ought to be rather routine. It's very nearly maddening.
I heard from the travel agency about a connection to the SACI group flight out of New York's JFK. The price was too high and I would have had to be separated from the group on the return trip. I am too uncomfortable with the thought of traveling internationally by myself, so I sucked it up and booked my own connections. I'll be leaving from Cedar Rapids, stopping in Chicago, meeting the group in JFK, stopping again in Frankfurt, and ending in Florence. On the return trip, I'll get into JFK at 7:30 pm and my flight to Chicago will not leave until 9:00 am the following morning. I figure I'll be so penniless that I'll sleep in the terminal but Kevin insists that he'll hear of no such thing. But it's too far away to think about tonight, even though the nearby rooms are very nearly filled by now (Christmas season, you know).
Speaking of rooms, my dad reserved one for us on the 10th of July in Chicago. We'll drive in that afternoon and present my student visa application the following morning. On that point, I have some information from the health insurance agency but I'm not sure it's the correct document. My mom's sent some emails to try to track down the one that is. Other than that, my visa application should be good to go.