GILL......you ready for tomorrow?

JENGS don't love me no moreeeeeee

Nakia...four words for you PATIENCE, PRAYER, PATIENCE and more PRAYER. My husband has been here almost 4 years and he's still adjusting....

Anything is possible...just work and talk through your issues/differences...

So happy to see you posting again


Well, I'm like frig it, I'm going to get a JA license when I go down in May.
I'll drive on that until I can get a proper license....

I think the entire process sucks!

i would have exploded on them and asked to speak with the supervisor....and told them a little bit about themselves....

Thank you so much SJ! That sounds like a winning combination for me! How long did it take him for the main adjustments.. like transportation, food, etc. Did he have a tough time? I know it is not easy, but I want to try to make it as smooth as possible. Thank you again for that advice. That word patience is floating around quite a bit lately...I think God is telling me something!

You probably need that before they get here and after lol! Much luck to you Nakia....

Thanks.

Good idea.

Sunny --

Make sure Ray don't let his JA license EXPIRE.

and lets add another patience to that list....

Nakia...everything you said mike said and or did....didn't want to put the seatbelt on...thought everything was so over priced and would say well this amount of money could buy me this this and this in JA money....aaahh it would drive me crazy!!! It just takes some time!!

Yeah it does. That's one of things your fiance could be working on when he first gets here. I had no idea it could almost a year. That's one of my regrets...altough I wasn't ready for him to drive...especially my car LOL.

I can finally come up for some air! The past six weeks have been me struggling in my Statistics class. The sad thing is that I'm praying to pass with a D.

I left my job and have been on the hunt for a higher paying position that is closer to home. I have three potential choices so now just waiting on the Lord to give me some direction in regard to what company to work for.

Hope everyone has been doing well!

your son is SO cute!!!!!

No worries everything always works itself out!!!

What state are you in English?? That sounds exactly like what my sister-in-law had to go through when she moved here from Japan. Sorry to hear it. DMV is another form of headache like USCIS.

Sorry to hear that. My hubby's experience here in Cali was really easy. The same day he got his license (which was about three months after getting permit) he bought a car and was hittin the road like a speed demon . He said the written test was the most complicated part of the whole process.

in some other news my brothers college was just in a lock down....i guess a student had made some threating remarks that was reported to police and the college was put in lock down....what a scary couple of hours it has been.....

lol! Thanks Sunny!

Damien adjusted easily to the main adjustments like transportation and food. He caught the bus and subway for a long time so he knows how to get around easily...not picky about food..most times. Besides one day he's on a diet and the next day he's eating a #7 from McDonalds

He has a problem with some of the rules, being polite and table manners. I was raised by my Grandmother so I would get my teeth knocked outta my mouth if I didn't have manners.

A lady from another thread taught me about being patient and sometimes being the bigger person before my husband got here. I always go back to e-mails from 2004....that helped me out alot.

Things will get better as time goes on but it's still a process.

I hope to make a decision by the middle f this month. Is it bad that I'll have to tell my employer that we already have a two week JA trip scheduled for August?

Thx - my lil prince is already a flirt, he knows how and when to turn on the charm. Hubby said "future gyallis"

Hey Jonesie. Gavin is so cute

Good luck on your job search.

i don't think it is bad...i would just be upfront with them...i don't think it would be a problem....

you can tell he is a little charmer!!!

OMG!! So it's not just me, lol!! It does drive me crazy too! I am starting to be more patient. I'm like brother you are not in JA anymore!!! lol. Gotta love it!

Hey SJB! Thanks

Good luck to you on lifting conditions! We are sending the paperwork off next month. What did you pay in fees?

Thanks. Damien had his biometrics done but no NOA extension letter yet I think the fee is $545. Sorry I tried to forget about it

it will take him some time to remember that!! i know this is easier said then done...but try to remember he has never lived here before and everything is a NEW experience.... so what we might think as normal or typical to him he is like a kid in a candy store!!! and just remember to communicate!!! i think going to premarriage councling is a great idea!!!




i forgot it was so high.... yet another fee......

*kissteet* well I thought it cost more so I shouldn't be complaining. Dem too tief - love fi rob wi naah true? He had the biometrics already? That was quick!

No too bad considering it's a ten year card but we paid so much for the AOS due FBI to the security checks. We paid for 2 EADs and the AP after his AOS interview. Oh well....at least he was here to share the cost.

We'll have to get his passport stamped if we don't receive the letter by April 14th so he can continue to work and travel. We're going back to JA August 1-9. When are you going?

Supervisor actually come over and dealt with me....she was lovely, she tried to see if there was any way of overriding the system, she couldn't do anything

Lawd Gawd...han I thought I was bad!!!

Good luck and many blessings Mindyfay!!!

My husband adapted to the transportation issues pretty quickly. I work 2 jobs and if he wanted to get around, he had to learn the bus system. Sometimes in between jobs, I would pick him up and he would hang out at the mall for a while and then take the bus home or take the bus out and then ride home with me.

The food issue, I adapted to. He cooks so we mostly eat Jamaican foods to this day.

The phone calls you mentioned were an issue in the beginning. You really have to sit them down and explain that calls are not free in the US. I asked Andre to limit himself to calling his family just a few days a week and his friends each like once a month. If they called and had credit, the sky was the limit. But, if we were paying, it had to be limited. He has a sister in NY so with free nationwide LD, they talk often. It does taper off naturally. He now calls him mom about once a week and if she needs him, she comes up with phone credit. His friends seem to have kind of faded away after some issues. Those he still talks to are few and most are now via the internet.




You know the funny thing about that is Andre had only positive things to say about the cost of things here. The rules seemed to bother him most of all. And all the freakin' paperwork for everything!




Same here. Andre took the written 3 or 4 times before he passed. He passed the driving on the first try.

Bwoy, Dimps mi a try fi duh a ting or two before em reach! I want to finish fixing up his place...get my hair, eyebrows & nails done! Then ... I will be ready...although I've been ready for us to start this part of our lives over a year now!!! I just cyan't wait to see him walk through the doors at JFK!! I've pictured it FOREVER and the reality will be surreal fuh sure!

Okay ya'll can't laugh at me. Yesterday I had a taste for ackee and salt fish, dumpling, dashee, bannana, cocoa and sweet potato. So, I went to buy some flour yesterday and picked up the wrong kind. I think I picked up self-rising instead of all purpose and the damn dumpling them swell up big and until the pot top pop off. When I walked in the kitchen I had about 6 dumplings on the floor. Oh, well, next time I'll be more careful.

I'm glad Ray has his driver's license already.

Were you the one who blew the top off the pressure cooker cooking goat?????

Will they let him drive on it where you live?