ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

what are you doing on here on your wedding day?!

Everything okay? Just going a little crazy?

anxious!!!

I bet. It will be great.

Have a fantastic day Susie!

We had a couple of budgies that did that - they never learned to fly and one of them died from jumping out of his cage


Oh Susie!! It'll be awesome!!! Make sure you get us piccies right away after as well!! I mean if you can be on here before then you can be on here after as well, right?!?!?!?

When some Pippins do that (I mean get out of their cage) they poop on the kitchen cabinets and stuff


You miss us and want us to walk you down the aisle

So when we were flying above Texas, I was thinking about STP, then we were flying above Tucson, so I was thinking about Agnes and when we reached Palm Springs, I was thinking about Aly. I was also thinking about my other friends, who we didn´t fly above and wished we flew above everyone. But that would be a looong flight Well ofcourse I was also thinking about other things in the meantime but I think it´s pretty cool to know you are so "close" to somewhere where you have a friend

that's a lovely thought!

the only thing I could think of as we flew over LA was how ugly it was
and then I noticed all the jacarandas... I wonder if we could grow one here; the climate's not dissimilar (and we have them all over Sydney )


can't wait til we're all a bit settled, and the meetings can begin!
I guess I'll do all the travelling as I'm the only one who seems not to want to have kids

But you "inheritted" one, didn´t you?

Nope, you're not alone there.

OK, you two are gonna be Aunties then

You should fly over LA after it gets dark All the lights make it much nicer

And mind you, I don´t wanna throw neither grapefruit nor uterus at the Daddy

sort of... if 17 and 9 months can still be called a 'kid'

so funny... the other night, his dad picked him up from where he (son) has just started a summer job... his step-dad came over to our place to pick son up... BOTH the dads had to get a move on, as they both had homework from the online courses they're taking (both completing degrees), and the son, who'd finished school a day or two earlier, was crowing over them

But it´s nice that they all get along so well

oh, definitely... I think I'm very fortunate with a lot of that situation; things are VERY harmonious, on the whole

Yep, I'm in this camp too.

I do, however, very much want a puppy someday.

What are jacarandas? I want a medjool date palm... mmmm medjool dates are the best

I can't wait for the meetings either - we want kids but not right away - we want some "us" time first Besides - we love road trips so maybe StP and I can meet at a central point and road trip together - that would be awesome Of course, with the dire holiday allowance in the States I am not sure how possible that will be either though - boo!!!!!


Sounds like a plan to me!! Can I be an auntie too - even if it is only for a short while!?

Once an Auntie, always an Auntie But that can´t stop you from becoming a Mommy too

CONGRATULATIONS; MARTA!!!!!!!

Ok - then can I be greedy and take both?!

Wonderful news Marta!! Congrats!!! And I think you should wait to have the baby on January 4th, since that is the birthday of one of your most favorite VJ members!!!

Welcome back Julez, hope you enjoyed your conference.

Ok then

I´m not sure I can arrange that The baby might have it´s own mind about that


Sure she did She slept right through it

Thanks for all the congratulations guys

Aww - I am so excited for you Marta!!! The only thing I worry about is how I will cope when I am pregnant - I keep worrying that I will worry when I am pregnant - which is a totally pointless exercise but still!!

I want a preggers ticker!! Oh! And let me know if I should add any other stages into the preggers spreadsheet marta

Made another £35 profit at a car boot sale today - still can't believe I am moving in three weeks but damn am I looking forward to just getting past this part of it all - I am soooo fed up now ><

Congratulations Marta!!!

Pointy! What you doing up so late!! (says me just going to bed )

I don´t know what would have to happen for you to ever stop worrying about something I think we should put it this way...as long as Aly worries, things are fine

I don´t know, there are so many pregnancy stages that the spreadsheet would be way too long Besides, everybody´s pregnancy is different so it would be complicated

Nice profit Do you still have lotsa stuff to sell?

massive babyfever right now.

oh, and my job is a major pain in the neck. i made a mistake that might be pretty bad, and i am kinda sure that they will fire me next week. they make me rush like crazy through things, so i don't have the time to double check for mistakes....
i guess i would be kinda relieved i they would fire me, as they are all micromanagers (i had to sign a memo on how to clean my desk on fridays, there are 3 steps with different detergents....). but on the other hand, i REALLY like my paychecks.

the financial insecurity resulting from being fired would suck, but man, this job is a pain....

hope everybody has a great weekend!!!!


FREE HUGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

Conratulations Marta!!!

And Ally, you're getting married a week before me On P's birthday too.....

And one more thing: I can't wait to have a baby with P!!! We have two kids (mine from before, but they're "his" now too) and we'd like to wait at least a year, but I'm looking forward to it.

tuscon: you have to clean your desk with THREE different cleaners?!?!?! Holy cow.

Yeah - I know - thing is, with my heart murmur, worrying is really not a good thing - as my mum keeps telling me that I am going to be in an early grave (thanks mum(!) ) I am just hoping that once the move is done with I will calm down and chillout a bit more - I would just love to be calm and serene... Ohhh what I wouldn't give!!


Glad to see the free hugs are back!!! I'd look for another job - if they fire you then you've got a headstart, and if they don't, then you can get out anyway - I can't believe you had to sign a memo on how to clean your desk - what is this!? George Orwell's "1984" - are they going to have thought police too!? Sounds ridiculous to me - stay strong hun and just think, it's best to be prepared for the worst by keeping your eyes peeled for something better


Cool! I thought everyone was getting married before our legal thing so it's nice to know that there are a couple of us straggling Have added you to the AOS spreadsheet

n00b alert

(still trying to find a decent pmsl smiley)

OMG guys - I'm moving in three weeks and I still can't get my head around it - it is soooo weird - I know I am moving and I can't wait to be there, but I am really dreading leaving if that makes sense - all the goodbyes and emotional BS and stuff... How did everyone else deal with that? I just want to be there now - if I could skip the good bye part I would be sooo much happier!!

yeah, that bit's not the funnest :?

I was quite happy with what we did - big party the night before, and then off we went the next day
and my parents joining us three weeks later (one week from now) meant we didn't have to say a big emotional goodbye to them
yet


I'm hoping for loads of visitors from home! and in the meantime I've been taking photos of EVERYTHING, and started a new blog (my old one, London Calling, seemed strangely inappropriate ), to document my settling in, things I'm doing round the house, etc

Oh, I'm a dumbazz. I'm getting married a week before you But I'm still a straggler. We had to wait for P to finish his thesis, though he got an extension till October...

I started a blog too - there is lots of info out there about the practical side of things, but nothing really that I have found that covers the emotional side of things - I am going to link it into our story once I can get Jeremy to sort the website out >< Mum's not going to be coming out until Easter next year although there is a chance she might be out for Christmas depending on what my brothers are doing That would be awesome


ok - will change spreadsheet to 1st August

well - for me it was so stressful, as i was working fulltime 4 weeks before i left in february, that i didn't have the time to really soak it in and to stress about it. but it's catching up to me. looking at the luggage tags brings tears to my eyes and i am trying to understand how i had the guts to do this.

but - aly, just like usual: IT WILL BE FINE!!!!!

oh, and i now know where i want to go for our belated honeymoon: BORABORA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now we only need to win the lottery!!!!!

i am SOOO excited!!!!!

Yay!!! Now remember that and listen to yourself when you feel down!! Besides - I forbid you to move back to Germany - It'll b e much easier to visit you in Tucson

What you doing mid-August?! We'll be driving up to Sedona then for our legal shenanigans so...

The silly thing is you don't have to be brave or strong willed or anything. I've found with the all hardest things in life, they just creep up, and then are done. Exams, degrees, jobs, interviews and even visas. You just walk on the plane and then you're away.

I'll never forget when I left Charlie for the first time, after spending 2 solid months together. I got to the airport, and was suddenly on the plane, I heard all these Irish accents around me for the first time all summer, and reality came crashing in. But I'd done it already at that stage. I was on my way home.

Yeah and the worst part was when so many people just "knew" what my future would be and that I wouldn´t go back to Czech for at least 4 or 5 years, cuz I would be too busy or whatever else they came up with which is really helpful to tell that to a person who is gonna miss the home country and definately wants to come back earlier than in 4 or 5 years. That wasn´t really helpful during the last week when I was sad, so at the end I didn´t even feel like meeting too many people.

mid-august? ah, i have to tell you, its this crazy story:
one day, i went to a bar, got drunk a lot, and met this guy. and, you know, i just had to marry him and then i just had to move to the US. but the visa stuff is really hardcore, so i joined a internet community. there, i met this funny girl from england, and i will meet her in sedona!!!!!

YAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You must be crazy for doing all that

I agree with that! Now that the wait is almost over I think, "wow, that wasn't as bad as I thought it was." Of course, a year ago I didn't know if I'd make it

Why are none of you in the Seattle area?!?!?!?!

Guys, do you think anything about these things? Link I think it´s just some jealous opinons that won´t solve the problem of marriages for green cards

Which Seattle?

as far as the link is concerned, I think there are a LOT of tongues in cheeks in that thread, and a few mouth-breathers like the immortal zqt who can't tell

" '...is the system too open, or too restrictive?' zqt: YES"




as far as the other - I dunno, I take the point about things just happening, but I still think there's a level of bravery involved... I don't think any of us should overdramatise it, but I don't think we should short-change ourselves either; we all made a pretty difficult decision, and then chipped away at the big mountain of obstacles until we could achieve what we wanted... I think there's all manner of good stuff there

certainly I know I felt like backing out any number of times; I don't want the fact that I didn't to go unrecognised