There is a really good accounting job posted out there right now too. It's a job grade 72, salary ranges from $36,521 - $56,911. Too bad it's too late. It looks like a really great job. Darn that 1 year lease.

So are you ready for American Idol tonight?

Where's the posting? I want to see it!!! (I could always break the lease )

I'm always ready for my favorite shows. Can't wait for the next Dancing with the Stars too. I wonder how long it will be before the next round. I think the girls are going to do really well tonight with the exception of Melissa and Kinnik. Of course, I haven't liked them from the beginning.

The posting is on www.appstate.edu. It's under employment and then staff postions. If you can't find it let me know and I will email it to you.

I don't know how long it will be until the next DWS. How long was it between the last two? I can't speculate on who will go home tonight since I haven't been watching AI enough. I will have to get caught up tonight. I am getting ready to leave. Javier brought me to work today and he is here to pick me up already. I don't know why he left work so early.

I found it. It looks a little technical for me. I don't know if I'm fully qualified. Keep me posted though on all those job openings.

I don't know how long between the last two. This is the first time I watched it. Hopefully not too long!

Have a safe trip home. I will talk to you later (of course!)

Talk at you later!

MissLiss, I don't know anything about waivers and what you are going thru, but I just wanted to tell you that I have been following your journey all the way. Everyday when I log into VisaJourney, I first check to see what the MiddleEast forum is up to, then I come to this section to see if you have any news.

I know it is frustrating relying on others to help you progress. Our journey took 2 years. I just wanted to tell you that many in the background are cheering you on and waiting patiently to see your approval post! Hang in there and God rewards those who keep the faith.

Jackie

Have to post this joke........I know you girls will enjoy.




Ah yes-- Sex with a Cowboy
Prior to her trip to Texas, Buffy (a New Yorker) confided to her co-workers she
had three goals for her trip to the Lone Star State:
1. She wanted to taste some real Texas Bar-B-Que.!
2. She wanted to take in a bona fide rodeo. And..
3. She wanted to have sex with a real cowboy.
Upon her return, the girls! were curious as to how she fared.
"Let me tell you, they have a tree down there called a Mesquite and when they slow cook that brisket over that Mesquite, it's ooooh so good. The taste is unbelievable!
"And I went to a real rodeo.Talk about athletes...those guys wrestle full grown bulls! They ride horses at a full gallop,then jump off the horses and grab the bull by the horns and throw them to the ground! It is just incredible!"They then asked,
"Well tell us, did you have sex with a real cowboy?"
"Are you kidding &%^$#; When I saw the outline of the condom they carry in the back pocket of their jeans, I changed my mind!"

Benita: That's a good one. Guys around here have those outlines in their pockets. It's such a disgusting habit. ICK! My brother dips Skoal. He's tried to get Javier to try it and thank goodness Javier has enough sense to say no. Although I think that is the only thing "peer pressure" wise Javier has ever said no too.

I hope everyone has a good Hump day. Three down only two more to go. Isn't it sad how we wish our lives away.

Jackie, thanks so much! I had no idea there were others besides the girls here in the Waiver forum still checking up on me and I appreciate it! I wish I had news to share. This will definitely be the most stressful stage of the process since I literally have no way to check the status. As for our process, we have been going for 8 months now. Who knows? Maybe by the time it's all through it will have been 2 years like you. I can't believe yours took so long. You must be a very patient person because I can tell you I've been going insane with just 8 months!! Thanks again for your kind words of support-I really do appreciate it!!!!!!

Good morning everyone! Happy hump day, lol.

Benita: That joke was too funny! My ex-bf from West Virginia used to do that nasty stuff.

Alright, where is everybody? I am getting bored.

Benita.... too funny! I second Charity saying that the cowboys around here also have that in their back pockets! Yuck

So how is everyone doing today??? Melissa I would break my lease and go live close to Charity!

I hope everyone has a good Wednesday!

Elvia: Where have you been girl? I have been trying to entertain myself today. I am not much good at it. As far as the joke goes we don't call them cowboys around here, we call them rednecks.

Well girls it's half over. Only half left to go. I am so bored this week at work. We aren't really busy so I have gotten caught up on everything. Plus next week is spring break so we will be even more slow. I just know I am going to go crazy next week.

Charity----WHAT? You are grouping Cowboys and rednecks together? I can say for certian that I have NEVER heard a woman say she wanted to have sex with a redneck.


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Elvia: Where have you been girl? I have been trying to entertain myself today. I am not much good at it. As far as the joke goes we don't call them cowboys around here, we call them rednecks.

No, not grouping them together. We don't have cowboys here, just rednecks. I can't say I would want to sleep with a redneck either.

After seeing Brokeback Mountain, I will be looking at the cowboys differently also

Jackie

Okay, this is getting a little old. Where in the heck is everyone? I know where Melissa is but where's everyone else? I am sitting here checking, checking, and checking and no one is posting anything. Don't you all realize I am addicted to this thread and I need my fix. How have you all overcome your addictions? Please help me, I need to move on with my life and leave VJ behind. Seriously though, where is everyone?

okay... well I did not mean to ignore any of you yesterday but I broke my right hand and had to go to the doctor. I am on a sling .... which is not fun

Elvia: How did you do that? I am so sorry. That is awful. How are you able to work or type? I am assuming you are right handed so it can't be good that you broke that hand.

Long story short.... I tried to punch my husband (horsing around) and instead of hitting a soft spot I hit his elbow. broke the hand and will be like this for a month until I go to the dr. again. I am glad my employer is understanding because I can't do a darn thing

so when I type it takes me about an hour just to type a sentence

so where is everyone?

Melissa got laid off from her job yesterday so she is at home. She doesn't have a computer there. I don't know where everyone else is.

I hate to hear that about your hand. I can't believe you broke it hitting your husband. I know what you mean about horsing around. Javier and I do that all the time. He gets a little aggravated with it though. He is not much of a joker. He's a little too serious sometimes. Well I am glad your employer is good about it too. I wouldn't be able to do my job if I broke my hand. No way to count money with only one hand. Well I hope it doesn't take it long to get better. Next time, be more careful about where you are hitting him.

POOR MELISSA . WHAT IS SHE GOING TO DO?
ELVIA WE ARE COMPADRES NOW MY KNEE HAS A TORN LIGAMENT!

OH No!!! How is she doing??? Have you talked to her this morning?

They even called the cops at the dr's office and seperated us. They were like are you sure you aren't being abused??? I'm thinking yeah... tell him he's being abused and knocked around by ME then I can file for his residency that way and not have to exit the country

Oh well!! I think I will have to get me some boxing gloves next time

How are you and Javier doing? Any news of a Javiersito coming?

Just thought I would post to say how sorry I am to hear Melissa lost her job. I hover in here alot, just to read up on how you are all doing, especially Melissa. She sure has not had her share of luck lately has she?
But Melissa, if your reading,..all things happen for a reason, maybe this is a sign of bigger and better things happening for you, by way of a much better job, and finally success with Javier and the Advisory opinion.

Im thinking of you,..
Hugz
Jodee

I haven't talked to her this morning. I talked to her yesterday and she seems to be doing okay. I think she was going to go looking for jobs today. I will probably call her in a little while.

I can't believe they seperated you and asked you that stuff. That is so funny!

Javier and I are doing great. The weekend away really helped us. It will still take some time for me to get over it but everything will be okay. No Javiersito's. We will have to wait till next month to see again. I just don't know what my problem is. I am starting to wonder if I am ever going to get pregnant.

Sorry to hear about Melissa & her job. I hope she is able to find something soon. At least she can collect unemployment in the meantime and not be totally screwed (right?). Maybe moving near you Charity is what is supposed to happen!!

Elvia…girl you are too funny. I mean sorry about your hand but that is funny how it happened. Miguel and I always mess around too. I am small girl but I think I am tough but I can pack a punch! We are really into boxing at our house and Miguel even bought gloves. He brought them with him to Mexico and the kids totally loved playing with them. But he only had one set so each person would put on one, well after a few bloody noses (it is instinctive to hit with both hands when you are playing around) we stopped the ringside battles. I definitely felt like one tough mama with them on! Yeah, the clinics always have to ask I guess about abuse, which is good. But my husband is definitely the abused one in our relationship too and he’s got me by like 70 pounds! I remember once we were playing baseball and the ball hit me smack in the eye so I got a huge black eye. I had one lady in the bathroom at a restaurant give me the phone numbers for a shelter! And when we were together people would look at me and then shake their head like “why is she still with him?” I felt like I had to wear a sign that said “A BASEBALL HIT ME HERE…NOT HIM”. But at the same time, I think women looking out for women is such a good thing.

Hope everyone has a good day at work. I am totally bored even though I got a crapload of things I should be doing.

Hey guys! I miss you all a lot! Don't worry about me-I'm fine. I've got a temporary thing lined up for next week that's going to pay VERY well and I'm confident I'll find a job very quickly, just like I always have. Sometimes God is looking out for you, even when you can't see the purpose. I think there's a reason behind this. Maybe God knew I needed more of a break. Maybe He knew I wasn't happy there. Maybe He's lined up a position for me which will give 3 weeks of vacation (haha I doubt that).

Jodee, thanks for checking in. I really wish I had some kind of news to share with you all. Still patiently waiting for that e-mail or phone call to come. Love you guys!!

Hey Melissa!!! I miss you!!! I am glad you found something temporary to do. I still really want you to come live near me but I guess thats not going to happen. Oh well, we will just have to visit a lot. I know you weren't happy at your last job so I am sure you will find something you like better. God is watching out for you. Talk to you soon. I love you!

Melissa, I agree with the others---something better is just around the corner. MOVE closer to Charity, maybe you can work on the Christmas tree farm. HA HA.
But really, I do believe there is a reason this is happening..GOOD LUCK.

Alex and I took Emily to her Pediatrician's after hours office last night (9pm) she was screaming in pain if we tried to move her right arm. When I took her out of the car seat and into the office she quited down and then started swinging that arm around like it was nothing. I felt silly being there, but since we were already signed in they had to triage her. They said it was probably "nursemaid elbow", this is when the radius dislocated and pinches the ligament and can not go back into place. They said that it probably just slipped back in, that it is really common in toddlers. VERY EXCITING EVENING, Don't want to ever do that again.

I have never heard of such a thing. I know you were probably really upset. It's just like a car. You hear a noise so you take it to get it worked on and then you don't hear the noise anymore. The mechanic thinks you are crazy. Well I am glad she is okay. I don't know if I look forward to that part of having kids or not.

Benita, I'm glad everything was alright with Emily. Fun times await all of us who don't have kids yet. Charity, I may still apply to that job yet. I'm not having much luck finding local stuff.

Yes!!! I hope so. I think it would be awesome. You need to move closer, the phone bills are killing us both.

Hi Melissa!!! you need to move closer to Charity. Break the lease and go spend some time with her and Javier while you get settled into a new apartment.

Benita I am glad Emily is doing okay

sorry I haven't been in here but I just got back from the hospital my father isn't doing so well.He's got congestive heart failure and this past week hes been kinda like seeing things that aren't there.hallucinating.Anyway they just transfered him to San Antonio.And I am so tired.
But this lady told me at the hospital that once your waiver is approved you don't have to wait for your appointment date to go get you visa.Since i have been approved that I can go get it whenever I want.Is this true?Does antone know about this?
I haven't been able to sit and talk to my sister but I am definately going by myself to cdj.
Now I am just worried about my dad.
Anyway please let me know about the visa..if its true that we can go get it whenever we want .

Elvia I am sorry to hear about your hand hope it heals so that you can slap him for breaking your hand with his elbow

Benita I also hope Emily gets better soon.Poor baby.Don't you just hate it when your kids are in pain and theres nothing you can do to make the pain go away instantly.

well I better get some sleep I am exhausted .Everyone have a good night/day.

And try not to break anything!!

Marta: I don't really think it is an option to go get the visa when ever you want to. If that were the case they would have people showing up at all times. That just wouldn't be very productive. I am pretty sure you have to have an appointment to go back and pick it up. First of all, they don't even have the visa made yet. They make it after you are interviewed the second time. If people just showed up to get the visa it would be more of a mad house in there than it already is. Sorry to hear about your dad. I hope things get better with him. Also, good luck on talking to your sister. I hope things go okay with that. I coudn't imagine having to tell someone something like that. You will be in my thoughts.

Marta you probally could get a dr. note and fax it telling them the situation w/ you dad and then call them and ask if they could move the appt forward.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE...... I had a good weekend. Meaning nothing got broke. HAHA
No really it was pretty good. Except that Alex said it was ok for 2 of his cousins to move in with us until they get an apartment (no telling how long that will be). And you thought 3 of us in a 1 bedroom apartment was tight. I know they are used to this, but I am not and I get really aggrivated at the fact that they act like they run the place now. Sitting all over the sofa and I don't know if you have experienced this before, but if one of them is in a better spot and that person gets up say to go to the bathroom someone else jumps into that spot. How rude is that?
So now even if I had time between all the extra cooking, dishes and laundry I can not sit on the sofa with my husband. We usually end up in 2 of the chairs..not that they are not comfortable, it is just that they do not seem to care.
I have decided that I am not going to tiptoe around them. This morning I turned on all the lights and made all the noise I could because they disrespect me I am going to do the same to them. Maybe they will get the hint. (They stay up late watching TV and talking loudly, because they don't have to get up early for their job.) So I will make it a little hard on them to sleep in the mornings.

I am sure that we are going to take the 2 bedroom townhouse. I have lived in this exact one before with my best friend, so I know the layout. Alex will just have to approve. I figure this way, Emily and I can go to sleep upstairs and we shouldn't be bothered with a loud TV. There is a storage area that runs the legnth of the apartment and it is about 6 feet wide so I think that I can finish it to make it Emily's room, so that she will not be downstairs by herself.

But other than that the weekend went really well.

Benita: I know what you mean about the disrespect. The few times I stayed at Javier's house, they stayed up till all hours of the night. They make all kinds of noise. And the sitting on the sofa thing is so true. If one gets up, the other jumps in his spot. It's like children. So silly. I am sorry you have to put up with this stuff. I would do the same thing as you, I would make as much noise as I could. Maybe they will get the hint. And what's with Alex telling them they could stay without talking to you first. I would kill Javier. He at least asked me if his brother could live with us, which I promptly said no too. Maybe he should have just moved him in.

We had a pretty good weekend too. We are completely broke but we enjoyed ourselves anyway. It was really nice weather here so we got outside a little. So much for the nice weather though, it's supposed to be 45 tomorrow. After the nice 68 it's supposed to get up to today. Why can't it just be warm?

Man not much conversation going on latelY???????? So how is everyone? MPLS did you notice alicia got her approval finally after 9 months?? I hope diane gets hers now. I am quitting my job at the end of this month. I finally got my medwaiver certification so that I can become like a home health aid only self employed! I hope it works out. I am nervous but my hubby is more nervous than I. He says what if......... you know! We are doing wonderful lately. I sat down and talked to him about 3 weeks ago and we discussed much of our differences and he has been alot more caring lately! Dont give up charity I think it takes a while to get them back to the US spiritually lol.... My brother in law lives w/ us too but he is actually a help. he does cook most of the time and even cleans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They only thing is sometimes he makes comments like he is hitting on me but then when I say something to him. like dont do that or dont say that he acts like im nuts. But oh well I have been around him for five years and he doesnt scare me!

Ashley: It is a little slow these days. I think everyone must be busy. Too bad I'm not. Glad things are going okay with you and Tacho. I also think it just takes a while for them to get back in the groove once they get home. I hope things work out with your new adventure in your job. That sounds good. I would love to be self employed. I think I would get in trouble though because I would never want to actually work. Keep that brother in law of yours in line.

O.k. I just got to work! Why you may ask?? Because it snowed like 8 inches last night. It is absolutely crazy here. My car was buried from the plows (have to park on the street) and I couldn’t find a shovel in the apt building. I have no idea where the landlords keep it. So needless to say it took forever and a day to get here and I literally live 5 miles from downtown mpls where I work. I am totally leaving early too….I’ll go crazy dealing with rush hour.

Yeah Ashley…I saw Alicia’s approval! Isn’t that awesome. Your friend is next.

o.k. take care all.

Stephanie: What!?! I can't believe it snowed that much last night. It is in the 60's here today. Not for long though. Well glad you finally got to work and that you got there safely. Have a good day and don't work to hard. Be careful on your way home.

Don’t think I will work too hard. There are 4 people here. I should of stayed home….except I was getting bored. We only have 4 tv channels and I have seen all of our movies twelve trillion times. Only can stare at white walls for so long………….

So I traded the white walls at home for the white walls here!! Ha, ha.

Take care guys!!

I know what you mean. It is spring break this week so the kids aren't here. I have been cruising the internet and reading a book. I am about bored to death. I did all my catch up work this morning so now I literally have nothing to do. I have looked at everything on the net I can think of looking at. I don't know what else to do. My head is starting to hurt from reading my book. So now I am just sitting here. I wish I had some vacation time so I could take a few days off. I have things I could do. You take care too.

So Javier’s b-day is tomorrow eh? Well give him a big HAPPY B-DAY from us here. I hope you guys have lots of fun.

I have finally admitted to myself that we are going through an adjustment phase since he has been back. We totally fell into place when he got back but things are definitely different. Thanks INS. No worries about us ending it but it is almost like we need to get used to living together again. Funny how it took 2 months into him being back that we’ve realized this.

I kinda don’t know what to do with myself. Three years of immigration and now it is done. Don’t get me wrong, I am glad we don’t have to deal with immigration anymore but it is weird not to have something to stress over or look forward to its end. I don’t know if what I am saying sounds crazy, but I feel kinda lost.

I know exactly what you mean. Of course we aren't finished with it. We still have to remove conditions but it is weird. I have found myself saying I wish we had never done this. I wish he had never gone back to Mexico. I know it is all for the best but it's really like they set us back a good while, more than six months. It just aggravates me.

Actually Javier's birthday is Wednesday. The ticker is off. I don't know why because I put in March 15th as the date. Beats me.

It is nice to know we aren't the only ones going through this weird re-connecting phase.

Yeah, I think calling it a “weird re-connecting phase” is perfect. I mean it isn’t like either one of us is done with the relationship but we kinda need to relearn it again.

And he is still very interested in the goings on in Mexico, which while understandable is sometimes irritating. I mean I know there must be loads of gossip but honestly keeping up with it is hard to do out of country. I wonder if he feels weird to be back, like how they must of felt when they got here the first time. Kind of out of sorts.

I said we needed a weekend away. Unfortunately there isn’t much outside of Minneapolis for a while. I mean staying at a hotel in the suburbs would kind of be dumb. So maybe we’ll get a hotel in the city and pretend we are in a different city. I don’t know, but I do think we need to get out of the apartment a bit. It is driving us to new levels of crazy.

Also this end of winter wanting to be spring season sucks. We’ve all got spring fever and I know we shouldn’t be too hard on ourselves for feeling down but MAN! am I ready to run in the sun with flip-flops on!

Yeah I think we are all going through it. My friend Diane said she will not cause they were doing so good before , but i have tried to tell her I hope shes right but I dont believe it. Its hard if your like me during ins i lived , breathed , dreamed INS but now that its over its like okay where is INS???

We are going to Liki Tiki Village in Orlando at the end of the month. They have this onsite water park at the condo that my friend owns time share at. The park is free as long as she calls and tells the guards our names so we are going to go spend a day there. Our 3 year anniversary is in two months I so hope we have time to celebrate it this year!

its hot here in florida I actually have on my flip flops and my a/c

Hola muchachas....

I am home and it is sunny and warm outside... I just did not feel like going to work today. I was thinking, I could just lay outside and read a book or do something, then my brother paid me a visit and ruined it all. I had to come inside and visit with him. Good thing is that they (brothers girlfriend and him) had to leave right away so they could go to a cookout. So I went back outside and caught some rays

Well anyway regarding the re-connection phase, What is it that you guys are experiencing? I am very curious about this??? and my inquiring mind wants to be prepared