2 posts from February 2009

for the best part of a year now, boBo and i have undergone a tremendous amount of change requiring adaptability and separation from time to time like the last stint of months while i collected information for the application.

the entire visa became a project and at some moments did not seem like it was going to end.  well, last week it was finally deemed substantial enough (400 pages?) and was sent in a shoe box with fingers crossed.  upon receipt of the package, the consulate's correspondence simply provided me with a five to fifteen working day waiting period in which i truly felt like i would not be able to manage it.  

i was happily surprised when i entered the apartment yesterday afternoon to find a parcel from the consulate with all of the documentation exactly as i had prepared it.  my first inclination was that something was wrong with it.  everything was there with one small addition: my passport had the proper visa stamp to enter the united kingdom on a permanent basis.

yes folks...that is it.  as of march 1st, i will no longer be in the united states but will be rejoined with my husband and love for almost five years now.

we both wanted to thank everyone that supported us by means of their written letters or with encouraging words even in the bleakest moments throughout this ordeal.  the immense love that has been shown to us on every level will never be forgotten as we now can freely live together with no worries of illegality looming over our shoulders.  we honestly could not have done it without any of you.

thank you for reading this blog that has been an evolving lump from the beginning and hope that you will continue to read it from time to time as a new phase of life begins...and i am so ready for it. 

   

 

the only thing to do now is wait in anticipation for the inevitable notification that they have made a decision.  which one being up for grabs is probably the single thing that is pulling at my vitality.  i cannot stop obsessing about it.  i have been told not think about it.  to keep busy.  both of which i do to not much success.  every few minutes i check my email (although that is the norm anyway) with the hope of seeing just that "(1)" in the inbox.

 

i've gone over in my head what could be incorrect about the visa and what i gave them.  but i keep thinking that for every potential wrong answer there is a plethora of irrefutable facts.  they can make the next few days rough.  maybe they will expect more from us.  but they cannot deny the authenticity of the relationship that to this day, over four years later, is the beacon amidst this haze.