he rides a bicycle to work most days... for the exercise, to help the environment, and to save money

and I like all those reasons, but when there are dickhead drivers out there who don't look out it worries me

yea, riding a bike is awesome, but very troublesome in urban environments like nyc...i feel so bad for the bike messengers

I'm not sure that I do. I feel like at least half of the time they are the dangerous ones (if you're a pedestrian, that is). And it's not that I have anything against the bikers; Scott is also an avid biker. I'm going to worry about him a lot when he's commuting on his bike when he's here.

ah, sorry about the RFE, that stinks. but at least it can be fixed easily. i did the paperwork myself, but it took eric 10 days to give me the W2 forms.......


oh, but good news (sorry for making you envious) MY EAD AND AP GOT APPROVED (basically the last one of the february filers who got approved though....).

yai-hay! now i only need my EAD card before thursday (that's when my EAD stamp expires....)

Congratulations!

P got his visa Saturday and he bought his one-way ticket. YAY. 2 months. Not a lot of time for him to complete all he needs to complete. The good news is that we've read occasionally the Blaine border crossing gives the EAD stamp, which would be LOVELY!

Yay Nice timing Agnes Congratulations

Congratulations to Patrick´s visa

Congrats on the EAD and AP.

The RFE has now been sorted. I received it yesterday and will mail everything they need back to them today so it shouldn't hold things up for too long.

Gillian

they are dangerous, but considering how hard it is to even walk in the city, i feel for them on those bikes

Yeah but the evil one was cute!!!



Great news!! I've updated the spreadsheet as well Let us know when they turn up!! I am sure you can pull some strings if you don't get the card before Thursday

And Gillian - men can be lame like that That's why we still have no house

StP - I hope Dave is ok!!

Jeraly & STP:

I am starting to get very nervous about moving to Indiana (What if I hate it? What if my apartment is terrible? etc etc) I can only imagine how nervous you guys are about moving to the USA!!! ahhhhhhh where is that dang 'running around like a madman' smiley???

Yeah - I'm beginning to freak... I think the worst part is the waiting because all you can do is worry - it's a nightmare!! I'm trying to be excited too but...

But what if you will love it and your apartment will be beautiful? And if it won´t you can decide to change an apartment anytime It will be much easier to look around once you are already there Think positive



It´s not like all you can do is worry Go out have fun with your friends and forget about all your worries

Oh Marta - I wish I could!!! I don't think I can stop worrying! About the only thing that takes my mind off of it is work

I meant it from the practical sense anyway really - I can't deal with the emotions and homesickness and things until I get there, so in the meantime I have to just try and not feel rubbish!!

i sure hope so

i found an ESL class for adriano, near our new apartment, which is four days a week from 9-11:30 during the summer...its free and is a great thing to keep him occupied while i am working at the university and what not...the suburbs are so weird though...the school is physically about 1/4 mile from our apartment, but there is no road that connects the two straight away, so we will have to go alllllll the way around (way out of the way), making the entire trip about an extra mile...how ridiculous...the roads are all twisty and curvy and make loops...its quite freakish really and mades no sense whatsoever

if thats the only way for you to keep calm, then work your little heart out my dear

She can´t The computers at her work keep crashing

See, Adriano should know he is so lucky to have you

When is Jeremy flying over for the wedding reception? I don´t know it

I know - and it still isn't working!! I am homeless in more ways than one!!! Or office-less anyway

Jeremy is flying out on the 17th June and he gets here on the 18th I can't wait

you are too sweet!! sei una ragazza tanto dolce, marta

some things just sound better in italian

and this is what im trying to convey to him hes coming around to the idea, at least hes talking to me now

umm, Marta?

this thread is for you:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=126287

Yeah, right after we establish the rights of Serbia and Montenegro here, McCain starts with this

Oh and nag, nag Julez

how's the little unibrownie? settled in well? I can imagine him lapping from a saucer of milk every evening and then curling up in a little basket lined with soft cloth

I don´t put my unibrownie into a basket Someone could see it and think that I wanna sell it

but the experts all agree that a basket is the best place for a unibrownie!

I hope you're not putting him in a kennel...

For the doggy to eat it? No way When it wants to rest, it goes lie down in its half of a nutshell It loves it there

was away for the weekend and my internet doesn't work at home at the mo, so had a lot of catching up to do but...

Jeraly, I know EXACTLY how you are feeling. I still don't know when I am going to be finishing my job. It changes every week. We don't know how we are going to do in LA, and I find that very scary. I was thinking the other day that after we get our stuff packed and all, we could go for a nice long visit to Ireland before the move. Then I realised that we may as well fly from there, because our flat here would be no more. Panic!!! London, no longer where we live I had sort of thought of, but we won't have a flat here?? Ohhh. Somehow that part I had forgotten about.

I keep looking around and getting extremly overwhelmed with all the stuff in our flat. What to take and not take. What would even be appropriate to have??? I have no idea of what the new apartment will be like, if it'll be furnished. If we'll get jobs quickly, or have to eek out our savings for as long as we can. It's all so overwhelming.

I think that the worst part is going about your daily life constantly thinking, will I still do this or that over there? Will I find people to go to the pub with, will there even be a pub to go to?

The only way that I can deal with it, is to think about the fact that when I do get triple homesick (the town I grew up in, Dublin and London) these are the things that I'll be missing. So I should really do my best to enjoy them while i'm still in it. Now that the weather is nice, I'm beginning to be glad that I'll be here for the summer, and planning to do lots of nice things and take loads of pictures of my last couple of months this side of the Atlantic.

I wish wish wish that I could go over there, rent an apartment, get a job, set up all the bank accounts, cars, insurance and all that business, and then come back and enjoy my last while here without the stress looming over me. But it just doesn't work that way. So I have to think of how I will feel after I move. All the things I will miss, and want to have done. And do them now.


well that's actually my second rant of the day.

StP - Hope Dave is all better!!

Anyone heard from Julezabelle recently? She seems to be MIA.

Gillian

Here I am!!! I was at home the last 4 days doing home renovations to get my house ready for sale and since the house is completely torn apart, the computer is disconnected and I had no internet!

I'm so happy that someone noticed I was gone!! I missed you guys!!!!

P.S. The offer for our new house goes in today! Wish us luck!!!

There you are! I was getting worried.

Good luck with the house offer, let us know how you get on.

Gillian

Does anyone know what happened to Mox? He seems to be MIA too.

Last I heard he was really busy with work and doesn't have time for us right now.

Aw poo. He's funny. Isn't his interview later this month?

Good luck with your house Julez. I bet you are happy to have all that wallpaper-tearing done.

And Poiteen, I enjoyed your post. I could relate to some of it from when I moved to Canada a few years ago. Part of what sucks is the taking care of all of life's details when what you really need to be doing is normal stuff (like going to the bar with friends). But I really think it helps a tremendous deal just being aware of these things, walking into this hugely new situation with your eyes open. So to you, to Aly, to everybody moving, you know there will be parts that are hard, but it will get easier, and it will all be worth it.

oh and rae: hillarious irony took place on my way home from work last nite...i was walking down lexington, to the train station, and all of a sudden i hear an abrupt 'ohhhh heyyy!!!'...like not a greeting, but more like a 'watch out!' kinda thing...i look over, and had he not yelled, i would have been run over by a bike messenger i immediately thought of you

That is too funny.
Glad you didn't get hit.

My RFE turned out to be pretty painless in the end. I received it on Monday, mailed off what they asked for yesterday and it arrived at USCIS today. So it's back to the waiting game now and hopefully it won't have slowed things up too much.

Gillian

Awww that is too cute - it has it's own little nutshell bed!?


He has been in Colorado visiting his kids as well but I haven't heard from him much

Wow, just looked at your ticker Aly, you really don't have long now, the time will fly by, I promise. Especially after Jeramy gets here.

If I understand it right, Mr and Mrs Pointeen are living together and they will also be moving together. If that´s true it sounds even more complicated than all the rest of us have it. The rest of us usually: one person is settled somewhere so the other person has at least somewhere to move to.

Special hugs to all of you, who still have the big move ahead of you (even if it´s just from state to state)


Yeah RFEs can usually be dealt with fast and it usually doesn´t slow things down Unless some people don´t know how to deal with it and it takes them ages which wasn´t your case

Do people in NYC have to wear helmets while walking in the streets?

Yeah It´s really cute

they should, its rough out there!! im excited for the 'civil disobedience' demonstrations that will take place in a couple of hours...they are regarding the sean bell case...one of the demonstrations will be three blocks from my job

OMG I know!! You know what? I have paid such little attention to the position of the ticker and now... well... wow... I'm going to have to change it when I move!!! What should I change it to? Maybe an anniversary one!?


I wish that were the case with me!! But Jeremy is calling a place tonight - here - it's only small but it will do to start with What do you all think? I am really keeping my fingers crossed...

http://www.devonshireapthomes.com/

Those apartments look really cute Aly! It would be a nice place for starting out! The rents look pretty affordable for Cali and its great that the complex has a nice British name to make you feel at home!!! Let us know how it works out!

wow, those places look great, Aly! REALLY nice for a first home

all the best for your place too, Julez!!

Yup the place looks cute I think you would like it Aly


Are you going to demonstrate? Throw some tomatos or something?

It looks lovely, I'll keep my fingers crossed you get it.

Well they still have them available and Jeremy is going over to see them later so I can't wait!! I suddenly feel more excited like we are doing something!! I really hope they are as nice in person as they look online It's not anything big or fancy but until I get a job and we can get a mortgage... well it will do *and* there is a gym and a pool to use and it is next to a shopping mall and a park

The DEVONSHIRE, if only for the name, it's perfect. The look so lovely sitting there in the sunshine. AND a pool. Looks lovely Aly.

Maybe I should send you to get me an apartment before we get there!!! You and Maven could team up and find a place for us!!!

What's the protest about?

nahh, no tomatoes for me



the sean bell case...if you dont know...a young, unarmed, african american man was shot and killed by police officers outside a nightclub...the cops shot at him and his friends more than 50 times, and were acquitted (spelling?) on all charges