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Wonderful to hear! An often-overlooked element of satisfaction is filling in that final box in one's VJ timeline. Have her order the U.S. passport book with extra pages (no extra cost).

How wonderful, and how gracious your wish for others is.

What a great feeling. Wonderful!

What a great gift you gave to yourself, getting everything done. We're all supremely happy for you and wish you the best, always and ever.

This is great news. Thanks for posting your update!

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: Lousy zzz overnight, HSM failed man. Took long rant-call from Mama T-B., upset senior she man for good reason man. We kept offering solutions, all rejected man. Mama T-B. merely wanted a sympathetic ear, man. Breakfast/lunch/din-din was at "the" Chinese buffet, calm down Bro G man. The waitress, seen before by us, was "Huang2," obviously a spy of some sort man. She was overly solicitous, kept trying to refill our water glass man. She has a nice smile but has minimal English and isn't our type, quit arguing before you start Bro G man. We consumed Many (2+2) plates heaped with beef & chicken, ingest we man. WCG returned from London today, 221(g) for Mrs. WCG's IR-1 visa man. WCG would pass by and wanted to meet us at half-past Many at Costco food court, meet we & WCG man. We were finishing with our ESs but thought we could make it, stop at casa first man. Just then, Cousinette-once-removed called with family medical info, long chat on & after drive man. Call ended and we entered casa to face demanding miu, Time For Afternoon Service Daddy man. We hurriedly serviced miu, service miu we man. We then grabbed what we needed for WCG and headed back out, rushed we man. Of course, we hit skoolzone traffic, man. Hourlong caucus with WCG was great, enjoyable mutually man. We saved $Many in postage by handing WCG what we'd have otherwise mailed, F$WM. It turns out that we had parked the T-B.-mobile and WCG-mobile contiguously, amazing man. We continued to legacy supermarket for Two Guys Week grocerying, grocery we man. Of course, we also need one item each from Costco and from Aldi, man. It took much time to unload and sort our ES haul, man. Miu demanded further service, service miu we man. No time for a siesta at all, man. No party with the rubias, no cavort we man. Per power co., we shall be powerless for most of Saturday, man. We have itineraried Many (2+1) GSs and Many (2+1) ESs far out of town, kill the day man. The crucial element is whether we can prep and exit the casa before Many (2x2x2) a.m., unlikely man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

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Friday ES report, see man: We attended Many (2+2+1) of these Many (2+2+2) ESs, skipped the least promising one we man. All Many (2+2+1) attended ESs yielded very lavish takes, wow man. Today was probably the Many'rd-best or even 2nd-best ES day of this year, conclude we man. The take, see man: -- Many (2x2x2x2x2x2x2) party cups, jug CLR remover, t-shirt, bag rubber bands = $Many ($2+2+2+1), steal man -- ~full jug Tide + Downy, NIP roll paper towels, NIP dryer-sheets = $Many ($2+2+2), big steal man -- NIP bottle Many-mg acetaminophen, NIP bottle magnesium tabs, NIP bottle senior multivitamins, Carhartt pocket t-shirt, toothbrush tube = $Many ($2x2x2 +2+2+1), steal man -- J. Crew flannel shirt, travel alarm, sm. box Q-tips, Many (2+1) bars Safeguard soap = $Many-&-a-half ($2+2+2 + half a buck), steal man -- 2-gallon gas can, full can Lysol spray, ~full bottle CLR remover, half-jug bug-formula windshield fluid = $Many ($2x2x2 +2), steal man Total = $Many-&-a-half ($2x2x2x2x2 + 2x2x2 + 2 + half a buck)

We didn't ask and she didn't flirt, all-business she man man. She does have a skool-aged son, mentioned having to pick him up man. No ring and no mention of husband, but down there that means nothing man. Silence from the inferior-primate peanut gallery, shaddap man. (Telling someone not to post, si man! TOS violation, si man! Reported, si man!!!!!) So much for painless dentistry, ow ow OW OW OW man. Seriously, we think that we'll switch to this new chica for these reasons, see man: 1. No need to walk 1 long block + 1 long half-block from lab to usual clinic, no man. 2. Better availability, flexible she man. Many. Cleaning done by actual dentist vs. hygienist, get lowdown on dental issues as well as cleaning man. Purely for comparison, we would like to know Bro G's typical fees (and turnaround time) for producing a lower hard/soft nightguard, $i man. In our instance, they took the impression first thing and made the nightguards while our other stuff was going on, si man. It's been so long since we had one done in the U.S. that we're curious, curious we man. Years ago, we did have one made in Ecu (a hard lower) that was ready the next day, recall we man.

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Thanks for this information. Fingers crossed for good news soon.

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So good to hear.

Wonderful news! Superb!

This is great news! And thank you for your gracious message.

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This article has interesting details about Juárez the city and especially the U.S. consulate there. If you find this article valuable, upvote this post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ciudad Juárez: Strengthening U.S.-Mexico cooperation for a secure and prosperous new frontier Ciudad Juárez (or simply Juárez), Mexico, and its sister city of El Paso, Texas, exemplify the deep familial and cultural ties that bind Mexico and the United States. In addition to a complex heritage, the cities share economic, environmental, and security challenges, as well as mutual prospects for a bright future. The U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juárez promotes American interests in Chihuahua, Mexico's largest state. Approximately the size of Wyoming, Chihuahua features [...] Continues: https://statemag.state.gov/2023/07/0723pom/#:~:text=Ciudad Juárez is located astride,visa operation in the world.

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