January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?

[sunnybear 0]

Thanks guys for all the well wishes and crossed fingers and prayers etc....let's hope they make some magic happen this week! Not giving up hope that is for sure! Next week will start the calling of USCIS until they approve us haha!

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

Good morning everyone! This is my last week at work!

I wish I could say that lol.. I'm sooo fed up with my job And I wont be able to have my last day until september 1st, even when I give notice today :'( Oh well, guess I just have to sit it out.

Good luck with the move tho

Thanks guys for all the well wishes and crossed fingers and prayers etc....let's hope they make some magic happen this week! Not giving up hope that is for sure! Next week will start the calling of USCIS until they approve us haha!

I agree, you should start calling and keep on calling until they get so tired that they just give that approval!

Also, call your rep as soon as you are allowed to call him, it doesn't hurt to have it coming from two sides

[dbears 1]

Thanks guys for all the well wishes and crossed fingers and prayers etc....let's hope they make some magic happen this week! Not giving up hope that is for sure! Next week will start the calling of USCIS until they approve us haha!

I agree, you should start calling and keep on calling until they get so tired that they just give that approval!

Also, call your rep as soon as you are allowed to call him, it doesn't hurt to have it coming from two sides

... I'm also rooting for your sunny... Go get those CSC folks till they give you approval.

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Good morning! Woo! It's all happening now...must be scary! (I'm already scared just thinking about having to tell my work/housemate I am moving back to my parents' and having to cancel all cards, etc.) Good luck!

Still crossing fingers for sunny...

Indeed, it IS scary! Everything seems to be going too fast now. After waiting for many months, now I know that the end (of my life here in France) is very close. I am not going to the USA right now but if everything goes well, I should be there in less than a month! and even though I am looking forward to it, it is very stressful to know I only have such a short time left here.

Jeroen, even though September 1st seems quite far from now, I can assure you that the time is going to fly. I gave them my notice two months ago already and it seems like it was only a month ago. Every day I was thinking "just x more days before the end of the week", and every week "x more week just disappeared".

[Alex & Rachel 78]

JUST the past couple of days I've been feeling really anxious - probably due to fixing a date for when I have to be out of Sheffield by. Now I really, really want my interview date!

[sunnybear 0]

JUST the past couple of days I've been feeling really anxious - probably due to fixing a date for when I have to be out of Sheffield by. Now I really, really want my interview date!

Ooh hoping you get it soon Rachel!

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Thanks sunny! Let's hope this week brings both my interview date and your NoA2!

[sunnybear 0]

Thanks sunny! Let's hope this week brings both my interview date and your NoA2!

HECK YES! That would ROCK for sure! Fingers are crossed! Oh on a dif topic I went to a friends wedding on Saturday and man that just reconfirmed what my wedding will NOT be like....it was such a snoozefest! I could tell her parents must have planned the whole thing since it was just a cookie cutter traditional ceremony and reception....even the music was boring! ACK! She did look gorgeous though but yeah BORING haha.

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Hehe! That is why I am calling my wedding a 'party'; I don't want all the usual traditions that no one really appreciates because they're hungry and dying to eat or because they're embarrassed by them. I just want lots of food and some music and then lots of mingling! Fortunately both families and most of our friends are sociable people and I think everyone will get on with each other like a house on fire.

I found out that while pot-luck weddings are not okay etiquette-wise, family hosted weddings are. So now I don't need to feel too guilty about accepting offers of food contributions from my mother/Alex's mother. I think I'll remain in charge of desserts, though, because I love baking cakes!

[sunnybear 0]

Hehe! That is why I am calling my wedding a 'party'; I don't want all the usual traditions that no one really appreciates because they're hungry and dying to eat or because they're embarrassed by them. I just want lots of food and some music and then lots of mingling! Fortunately both families and most of our friends are sociable people and I think everyone will get on with each other like a house on fire.

I found out that while pot-luck weddings are not okay etiquette-wise, family hosted weddings are. So now I don't need to feel too guilty about accepting offers of food contributions from my mother/Alex's mother. I think I'll remain in charge of desserts, though, because I love baking cakes!

Ooh sounds fun! I would LOVE a pot luck wedding to be honest hahah! Call me white trash but shoot potlucks are GOOD I have to use the venues catering for my wedding otherwise I had totally wanted to do a gourmet grilled cheese and tomato soup bar hee hee....I also hope mine is more of a fun mingling, great music, type of party!

[sunnybear 0]

Come on CSC wake up and start pumping out some approvals haha! I keep refreshing Igors list in hopes of seeing some sort of action!

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Alex has an apartment!

It is the size of a shoebox BUT it's probably the cheapest we'll ever find in the Bay Area ($775 per month, including all utilities), has a separate kitchen, and brand new kitchen/bathroom appliances!

He took photos: http://images.flyingstove.com/gallery/236/

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Congratulations! Even though it may be small, at least it is going to be YOUR place

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Exactly! And it's not as if we have any furniture yet with which to fill the place up.

It's a single-storey dwelling and is quite rural, too, so we won't be disturbing anyone.

Then again the remoteness of the place concerns me a little...those first few months when I have no car and no job may be a little tough. But I'm pretty fond of walking so that's a bonus. Alex's parents live 5-6 miles away which isn't too far.

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

As long as you can walk to a grocery store and a few other different places, that should be fine. If it was 15 miles away from the closest store, you may have some problems...