Dunno if anyone's been curious or not, but here's an update anyway.

I arrived in Dallas on Sunday, June 24th; the flights were OK. The one from NYC was better than the one from London, but at that point I'd had so much stress and BS that I didn't really care if the plane crashed or not.

My cats arrived the day after I did. They're not dealing with the stress very well.

My money still hasn't arrived; my solicitor in York bungled the wire transfer and didn't admit it for days.

I hope to buy a car on Wednesday.

My husband and I are talking regularly but I don't know if he will come here to the USA and I'm not going to plan my life around that.

I'm glad you got home safely! I hope the cash thing gets sorted soon.

Welcome Home H_A. I have wondered how things are with you. Hopefully your money issue will be sorted soon, and your kitties will be feeling better.

Hey thanks for checking in. Glad you arrived safely and sorry to hear the kitties are still stressed.

Hope you get your money sorted out soon!!

H_A,

Thanks for stopping by and letting us know how you're getting along. Life is bound to feel a bit stressful for a while, but you'll get through it, I'm sure.

Thought you might be interested to read this thread (if you haven't already). People really did track your flight and were thinking of you.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...t&p=1005102

Keep us posted on life in Texas, whenever you get a chance.

Welcome home, HA! I'm sorry it couldn't have been under nicer circumstances. But I wish you all the best here and much joy in renewing old bonds and friendships. May this new stage of your life treat you well.

I'm already exchanging e-mails with a guy in Dallas.

I've sworn off foreigners forever; I'm just not dealing with this again.

Oh.....I reread that, hope my S.O. doesn't....

It's nothing against foreigners; I just don't want to deal with visas or overseas moves ever again. I'm never living abroad again. I'm done...finished. At this point I'd be happy to never set foot in the UK again. I probably will someday, but hopefully not for a long time.

It's time to date American men only...or at least men who already live here and WANT to continue living here.

yeah.....I like those American men too

welcome back, i've missed you

Welcome back, H_A. I'm so glad to hear you made it home, and I really hope the kitties acclimate soon. Great to hear from you once more -- you have been missed!

I am glad to hear you had a good journey and I hope that you get your money sorted out soon. Good luck with the future

Welcome home, and welcome back here! I know a lot of people have been thinking of you and wishing you well. I am really pleased you are safely back in Texas.

The cats will come around, but they will milk the situation for all they can to get the maximum amount of love out of you.

I hope you keep "checking in" and let us all know how it goes.

Good luck with the car....

Take care.

The head of accounts at the solicitor's told me that the wire went through yesterday; hopefully it'll get converted at today's rates which are kick-###. The BoE meets on Thursday and whatever happens I think the pound may go down against the dollar on Thursday so I want it converted at TODAY'S rate.

I'm like...FINALLY.

The solicitors messed up the wire so they're giving me 4.8% interest in compensation; on nearly 37,000 pounds 8 days' interest works out to about $70. I told them in no uncertain terms that that was completely unacceptable. I'm gunning for compensation of over 1,000 pounds. They f*cked up. They owe me.

Good to hear from you HA. Glad that you made it back to Texas ok. Hope things get sorted out for you soon! You didn't escape the rainy weather; seems we're about to get washed away here in Dallas lately! Take care and keep us posted as you can.

Yeah really; here I was thinking I was in the land of sunglasses and flip-flops. At least up here in north Dallas we're in no danger from floods...whew! The elevation up here is too high; I've never heard of this area flooding.

I saw Lake Lewisville was flooding; you're not up there are you?

Nah - out in Arlington/Euless area. Tons of rain, but none of the places I have to go are flooded. I know 114 closed in Irving one day though - madness!

Yikes...really?? I've never seen 114 flooded.

Did you hear about that family in Garland blaming rescue workers because their son drowned?

Glad to hear you made it back home safely. Hope the other situation works out in a way that is best for all involved.

Welcome home!!!
I had lesser money issues, tried to use my UK debit card to withdraw money, it was declined. Tried again at the same machines and others, tried to use it for payment at the store, all declined.
Rang my bank, 20 mins later they tried to feed me the line 'you tried to make multiple transactions' whereupon I became a stark raving maniac and told them if the FIRST transaction had gone through, there wouldn't have been any other attempts!

Hey, HA!

Was wondering how you were doing yesterday, and now here you are... hope you're getting settled in back home where you belong, and that the cats get settled in soon too. Here's to things getting much, much better for you in the very near future. Welcome back!

One of my cats didn't eat for nearly a week after arriving here. Now? Well, he's a fat piggy who is happy and settled!

One of them is on thyroid meds though; she's refusing to take them and now I have to take her to the vet.

I'm getting today's exchange rate and I think the pound is at its peak before the BoE meeting Thurs....phat cash! The wire came through this morning FINALLY. I should have access to some of my money on Thursday but the 10k GBP check I deposited with the BOA still hasn't cleared and I wouldn't have expected it to yet. At least I'm in a good position financially which helps take some of the sting out of what has happened.

My husband may still come to the USA, but I am not counting on it and I am trying to move on with my life. If he doesn't want to come I'm not going to beg because I don't want to be with someone who has to be constantly persuaded to do anything, and frankly I'd love it if I never had to speak to his cow of a mother ever again. That woman owes me an apology...a groveling apology...and I'll never get it from her. I don't want a mama's boy.

One of my cats is on meds aswell. Luckily I'm a dab hand with the old tablet and fluid down the neck trick...

I used to think I was too, but this one is really stroppy.

I had a cat where we had to have 4 of us pinning her down and one to put it in her mouth

Glad your back around here H_A

After reading your exchange rate tipoff, HA (didn't know about the BoE meeting on Thurs), I just arranged to transfer over the remains of the sterling sitting in my UK account, and got a veryveryvery good rate - so thank you for that!!

Hehe, you're welcome! I just hope I wasn't wrong; I think you'll strangle me if the pound goes to $2.50! Nothing I've read indicates that it will, though; everything I've read indicates to me that if it does go higher, it'll be by thousandths/ten thousandths of cents. The pound is already off its peak from yesterday.

Just to add my belated welcome home. Bet you're glad you swapped the rain of Yorkshire for the rain of Texas. Good luck with the new car take it it will not be an SUV

I want to add my 'welcome back' as well.

A question, What if he mans up and comes over to leave his mama behind?

You're right...no SUVs for me.



I'll give him a chance, but he only gets one. I value myself too much to put myself through this repeatedly. I'm also not putting my life on hold waiting for him to sh!t or get off the pot.

understood, just wanted to put it out there. He needs to really man up and live his life with you.

He does, but if he doesn't I don't want to be married to a wussy mama's boy. I HATE wimps.

Welcome back to the US, H_A!!!!! Glad things are getting on track for you here. I hope that you can work things out with the husband in a way that is good for you!

How's the kitty now? Any better?