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[JULIAFERNO 0]

Good to see you back, Mina! Thanks for touching base. You know that we are all here to support you, no matter what. Thanks for the congrats! It all seems a bit surreal still that Onur will be here very soon...for the first time in this visa process I feel crunched for time

Don't be a stranger!

[wendya 0]

More good news!!! As if Wendy and Julia's approvals and Tanya's new bebek on the way weren't enough..... not to mention Filiz's interview date this month....

FINALLY I have one too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! March 18th

Looks like our get together once our loved ones are here will be sooner than we thought!

Yippie!! Yah Whoo!! I am so happy for you Erika! Can't wait for our group get together either!!! Congratulations!!!! :dance:

Edited February 8, 2009 by wendya

[wendya 0]

Hi Mina!! So good to see you post again! We all missed you (our leader!).

I am glad things are working out for you! Please take care and know that we are all here for you and our thinking of you!

Hugs,

Wendy

[wendya 0]

OMG, I got to work early today b/c I had a meeting and when I checked my e-mail, there it was. Yilmaz has an interview date on March 18 (same date as Hamit!!)

Best wishes to both of us Erika!!!

Hope all are doing well.

Hugs,

Wendy

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Congratulations.!!!

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Take care Mina Wishing you both the best.....

We both know how difficult this immigration journey can be....Adjusting, missing home and family, religious issues, children from previous marriage, culture issues, seperation and the list goes on and on. For some the change my not be hard at all but for others it can cause huge problems. People don’t talk about them much in the forum but.....they are very real.

It's hard and very sad....

You have so much support here. Also you have my phone number, call me anytime you want to talk.

Hugs my friend

Debbie

[miamiwife 0]

Congratulations Wendy! Best of luck with the interview!

[JULIAFERNO 0]

Hooray! Congratulations Wendy! 2009 is turning out to be pretty good, huh?

[camistanbul 0]

Mina, so sorry to hear that you've been through a rough time. I hope that you're able to resolve it and if you ever need to chat, please feel free to drop me a line! It's hard to talk about adjusting and real life after everything is supposed to be normal, and not many people understand how difficult it can be and what a HUGE thing couples go through to accomplish all of this.

A little update on us:

My husband and I have settled into our new apartment in the Bay Area and now the journey to find him a job begins. What a nightmare. When we were in Turkey, first planning our wedding and getting ready to apply for his visa, the possibility that the American economy would be so bad was not on our radar. It wasn't until we were approved and ready to go that things started to really look bad. Anyway, my husband is taking it in stride and even though I know it's killing him not to work, I'm not pushing him to do something he doesn't want to do. He wants to be in the IT industry (and worked in IT in Istanbul) so that's what his aim is.

I keep telling him (and myself!) that we've only been here for 2 weeks, so we both need to be patient and chill out. We've spent the last 6 months unemployed with his family in Turkey and my family in the US, so it just seems like now there's a lot of pressure on us. Thankfully, my job will start next week and hopefully, that will ease the strain! It will also mean I leave my hubby alone to explore the neighborhood on his own, which he has been hesitant about so far. I'm kind of excited to see him get out there and start to feel more comfortable, since this is our new home.

Anyway, I'm still popping by here, but just haven't had much to report. I hope you're all doing well and congrats to everyone these days... seems like a lot of movement is happening on visas.

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Thank you for keeping us posted on how your doing camistanbul.

Normal life.....has it came yet? lol......yes you are correct, it is very hard.

Wishing you both the best and inshallah your hubby finds a wonderful job ;-)

Mina, so sorry to hear that you've been through a rough time. I hope that you're able to resolve it and if you ever need to chat, please feel free to drop me a line! It's hard to talk about adjusting and real life after everything is supposed to be normal, and not many people understand how difficult it can be and what a HUGE thing couples go through to accomplish all of this.

A little update on us:

My husband and I have settled into our new apartment in the Bay Area and now the journey to find him a job begins. What a nightmare. When we were in Turkey, first planning our wedding and getting ready to apply for his visa, the possibility that the American economy would be so bad was not on our radar. It wasn't until we were approved and ready to go that things started to really look bad. Anyway, my husband is taking it in stride and even though I know it's killing him not to work, I'm not pushing him to do something he doesn't want to do. He wants to be in the IT industry (and worked in IT in Istanbul) so that's what his aim is.

I keep telling him (and myself!) that we've only been here for 2 weeks, so we both need to be patient and chill out. We've spent the last 6 months unemployed with his family in Turkey and my family in the US, so it just seems like now there's a lot of pressure on us. Thankfully, my job will start next week and hopefully, that will ease the strain! It will also mean I leave my hubby alone to explore the neighborhood on his own, which he has been hesitant about so far. I'm kind of excited to see him get out there and start to feel more comfortable, since this is our new home.

Anyway, I'm still popping by here, but just haven't had much to report. I hope you're all doing well and congrats to everyone these days... seems like a lot of movement is happening on visas.

[awaterlily 0]

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

welcome back, Mina! We missed you.

So sorry to hear the seperation put a strain on your marriage. I hope you and your husband find a way to work through it.

Have Faith in G*D.

Love Is Strong

**Congrats to all - lots of activity here lately - baby, recent approvals, etc!!**

Edited February 10, 2009 by awaterlily

[tanyakaraman 0]

Erika & Wendy, so happy to hear you have interview dates now! Exciting stuff!!

Mina, I think what you're going through is completely natural...I'd have felt the same way if my hubby had been away from me for so long. I hope you can work through it though! My thoughts are with you.

As for me, I have been soooo sick (so much for all that energy I had just a couple weeks ago!). I ended up in the hospital all dehydrated on Sunday because I haven't been able to keep anything down. It's getting a little better now, and Ozzy is being so sweet taking over responsibilities for me, but I really hope this morning/all day/all night sickness is over soon....I don't know how much more I can take!

~Tanya

[ErikaAndHamit 73]

Erika & Wendy, so happy to hear you have interview dates now! Exciting stuff!!

Mina, I think what you're going through is completely natural...I'd have felt the same way if my hubby had been away from me for so long. I hope you can work through it though! My thoughts are with you.

As for me, I have been soooo sick (so much for all that energy I had just a couple weeks ago!). I ended up in the hospital all dehydrated on Sunday because I haven't been able to keep anything down. It's getting a little better now, and Ozzy is being so sweet taking over responsibilities for me, but I really hope this morning/all day/all night sickness is over soon....I don't know how much more I can take!

~Tanya

Wow Tanya...that is horrible!!! I am so sorry...now I am more frightened for myself later dow the road....did you get a bolus of fluids? Do they give you anything for nausea nowadays when pregnant? Wow...hope this won't get any worse

There is way too much action going on here

[tanyakaraman 0]

Erika & Wendy, so happy to hear you have interview dates now! Exciting stuff!!

Mina, I think what you're going through is completely natural...I'd have felt the same way if my hubby had been away from me for so long. I hope you can work through it though! My thoughts are with you.

As for me, I have been soooo sick (so much for all that energy I had just a couple weeks ago!). I ended up in the hospital all dehydrated on Sunday because I haven't been able to keep anything down. It's getting a little better now, and Ozzy is being so sweet taking over responsibilities for me, but I really hope this morning/all day/all night sickness is over soon....I don't know how much more I can take!

~Tanya

Wow Tanya...that is horrible!!! I am so sorry...now I am more frightened for myself later dow the road....did you get a bolus of fluids? Do they give you anything for nausea nowadays when pregnant? Wow...hope this won't get any worse

There is way too much action going on here

Yeah, they gave me a bolus of fluids and a prescription for some phenergan...which, besides not helping the nausea, made me verrry dizzy and sleepy My first day trying to be back at work today started off really rough, but they have this mint tea in our kitchenette at work that I love and it seems to be helping with the nausea. I have been drinking that all day and have so far managed to keep my lunch down for the first time in almost a week, so that's an accomplishment!!

[tanyakaraman 0]

Oh BTW, something I've been meaning to post....for the enjoyment of everyone who didn't already know about it (I had certainly never heard of it before Ozzy showed me), especially those with loved ones who are newly here in the US or soon to be arriving:

http://www.fulldizi.com/

Click the dropdown menu under "kategoriler" and there are lots of shows to choose from that you can watch online...many are in Turkish and some are in English with Turkish subtitles. Ozzy and I love to relax with his laptop and watch some of these together. Watching the Turkish ones, I can still get the main gyst of things and he translates the important parts, plus it helps me learn. The English ones with the Turkish subtitles are also great because we can both relax and enjoy and get the humor and everything without having to stop and explain to each other

Our personal favorites are Son Aga (a Turkish soap - sort of) and How I Met Your Mother...oh and Kurtlar Vadisi.

We also find lots of old Turkish movies posted on YouTube...Sekerpare, Cicek Abbas, etc.

Anyway, enjoy!

~Tanya