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[Sal and Jay 2]

Im now waiting to hear if the embassy will release my visa based on my medical results.

Well they better!!!!!! The medical was clear, so there shouldn't be any problems!!!!!

What can I do if they dont?

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Congratulations!

Thanks I see you are getting closer -- you'll have Packet 4 & interview soon!!!!! Congratulations to the two of you as well!!!

Thank you!

Yes, I hope I will be able to fly at the beginning of August

Im now waiting to hear if the embassy will release my visa based on my medical results.

It shouldn't take too long. Do you have a way to contact them?

[KimandRuss 0]

gaye, i know what you mean about family. Russell's family, who are all so wonderful, yet scattered a bit, own a couple of amazing properties right on the ocean in NZ and we even have a home to stay in there but he is coming here because of my family. We all still live within a couple of miles of each other and see each other regularly! I actually own the home my mother grew up in on the street named after my family, where many of them still live! We've been through a lot and as much as I love NZ, I can't imagine being away from them right now. Besides, i'm a HUGE sports fan and Boston is title town!!!

Have a safe trip to see your family. I'm sure it will be tough for you all but we live in a world where we are connected to each other no matter where we are so happy thoughts along the way! Thank you for the well wishes as well. Trying to be patient here!

Yes, Amanda, we want photos! Awwww your mom sounds so cute! Congratulations sweetie.

Sal, they better send your visa soon or I may just have to take a trip to London!

Happy Monday January!

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

Hope everyone is doing well today!!!

[dbears 1]

Hope everyone is doing well today!!!

My trip to visit my two sisters were shortened.. after 11hours of travel--BY BUS-- i received a text message from my kids school directress saying my son fell from a guava tree before the class started and they need to bring him to ER coz he might have broken bones.. and true enough he had fractured his lower arm and the ortho had to put a cast on his arms.

I received the message just as soon as my mother and I got off the bus so I just saw my sisters and then said goodbye right away then, head back to our place-- which meant i had anothe 11 hours of sitting in a bus.. it felt like I travelled 24hours straight, my butt ached from sitting. But all's well, my son was discharged from hospital yesterday and the doctor said he will remove the cast in 3weeks time.

Well, it was another huge expense (with more than half of the bill taken by the orthopedic doctor) but I am still thanking God coz at least it was only minor fracture and it was on the arm, not on the head. It could have been a lot worst.

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

Hope everyone is doing well today!!!

My trip to visit my two sisters were shortened.. after 11hours of travel--BY BUS-- i received a text message from my kids school directress saying my son fell from a guava tree before the class started and they need to bring him to ER coz he might have broken bones.. and true enough he had fractured his lower arm and the ortho had to put a cast on his arms.

I received the message just as soon as my mother and I got off the bus so I just saw my sisters and then said goodbye right away then, head back to our place-- which meant i had anothe 11 hours of sitting in a bus.. it felt like I travelled 24hours straight, my butt ached from sitting. But all's well, my son was discharged from hospital yesterday and the doctor said he will remove the cast in 3weeks time.

Well, it was another huge expense (with more than half of the bill taken by the orthopedic doctor) but I am still thanking God coz at least it was only minor fracture and it was on the arm, not on the head. It could have been a lot worst.

I'm glad that it was minor...praying for a quick mend!!!

[marjo2008 0]

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[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Hope everyone is doing well today!!!

My trip to visit my two sisters were shortened.. after 11hours of travel--BY BUS-- i received a text message from my kids school directress saying my son fell from a guava tree before the class started and they need to bring him to ER coz he might have broken bones.. and true enough he had fractured his lower arm and the ortho had to put a cast on his arms.

I received the message just as soon as my mother and I got off the bus so I just saw my sisters and then said goodbye right away then, head back to our place-- which meant i had anothe 11 hours of sitting in a bus.. it felt like I travelled 24hours straight, my butt ached from sitting. But all's well, my son was discharged from hospital yesterday and the doctor said he will remove the cast in 3weeks time.

Well, it was another huge expense (with more than half of the bill taken by the orthopedic doctor) but I am still thanking God coz at least it was only minor fracture and it was on the arm, not on the head. It could have been a lot worst.

Wow... I am so glad it is minor. How long will it take to heal?

Too bad you couldn't spend more time with your sister though... Next time tell you boy that when you're away, he's not allowed to climb on trees

[dbears 1]

Wow... I am so glad it is minor. How long will it take to heal?

Too bad you couldn't spend more time with your sister though... Next time tell you boy that when you're away, he's not allowed to climb on trees

doctor said he will remove the cast in 3weeks so I hope it will be completely mended by then or before we go to the states...

I told my son he is not tarzan... and he is not superman either so he should always be careful in climbing and jumping from trees or big trucks... my father did not help when he narrated how i got my collar bone completely broken when i was little (too much climbing trees)

as a mother, I am sometimes torn between being so protective and allowing my kids to enjoy their childhood to the fullest... climbing trees is one of those things that gives more joy to being a child... when i was a kid, no matter how many times i have fallen from the tree, i would still go up and climb again and again... so, i guess, no matter how much i want to prevent my own kids from climbing and falling, i will just have to take what happened as accident... i won't stop him from climbing another tree as long as it won't be a very very tall one.

I do want to protect my kids from getting hurt in anyway but of course they will never learn if I shelter them too much. GOSH, every mother out there could relate to how hard it is to strike the right balance between healthy protectiveness, being overly protective (which stunts kids emotional growth), and not being protective enough (which could endanger the kids life).

Such is the angst and joy of MOTHERHOOD.

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Hope everyone is doing well today!!!

My trip to visit my two sisters were shortened.. after 11hours of travel--BY BUS-- i received a text message from my kids school directress saying my son fell from a guava tree before the class started and they need to bring him to ER coz he might have broken bones.. and true enough he had fractured his lower arm and the ortho had to put a cast on his arms.

I received the message just as soon as my mother and I got off the bus so I just saw my sisters and then said goodbye right away then, head back to our place-- which meant i had anothe 11 hours of sitting in a bus.. it felt like I travelled 24hours straight, my butt ached from sitting. But all's well, my son was discharged from hospital yesterday and the doctor said he will remove the cast in 3weeks time.

Well, it was another huge expense (with more than half of the bill taken by the orthopedic doctor) but I am still thanking God coz at least it was only minor fracture and it was on the arm, not on the head. It could have been a lot worst.

Oh no! I am glad your son only had a relatively minor injury but what a shame for you. Also, I am not a mother, but I can understand how hard it must be to strike that right balance. You sound like a wonderful mother, though!

I once did spend 23 hours on a bus and I detested it - so cramped and uncomfortable, and unable to rest at all!

[dbears 1]

Oh no! I am glad your son only had a relatively minor injury but what a shame for you. Also, I am not a mother, but I can understand how hard it must be to strike that right balance. You sound like a wonderful mother, though!

I once did spend 23 hours on a bus and I detested it - so cramped and uncomfortable, and unable to rest at all!

as ricky said, boys will be boys.

thanks for the compliment rach.

Hope everybody is having a great day today.

[pattilou47 0]

I am so out of my mind with WORRY !! My financee has sent in the Packet 3 information to the Embassy at the End of APRIL and he brought it in himself last week.....I called the dept of State telephone number and they say they dont see ANYTHING in their system saying he turned in ANY thing

What should we do now ????????//

Please help

[Liam and Sam 2]

I am so out of my mind with WORRY !! My financee has sent in the Packet 3 information to the Embassy at the End of APRIL and he brought it in himself last week.....I called the dept of State telephone number and they say they dont see ANYTHING in their system saying he turned in ANY thing

What should we do now ????????//

Please help

Was it sent with any kind of tracking? You may be able to find out where it is from that. Did you make a copy of the packet before mailing it in?? I would send in a copy and put in a note saying that the original was lost in the mail. Or contact the Consulate directly - maybe it's in the depths of the mail room still..

[KimandRuss 0]

Gaye, just reading this about your son! Poor thing. I'm glad he's ok and on the mend. I hope your tushy is too! You are so right about motherhood! My son was just two when he broke his femur (largest bone in the body / thigh) and he had to go into a full body cast for 8 weeks! Now he's a real boy's boy...(hehehe it was purple and had a hole cut out for his tushy and diaper) but he simply tripped over a basketball and turned it wrong. So, it can happen even if they're not climbing trees. I'm with you tho... let them climb!... but never stop saying 'be careful'. Nothing is easy.

pattilou, I can't understand if you're saying he sent it in last week ...or in April. If it was April i'd send another packet to them with the note as Liam and Sam suggested. If you sent it just last week perhaps it's just not in the system yet? Best to see if you can get a response from the other London folks. Hope it all turns out.

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Gaye, just reading this about your son! Poor thing. I'm glad he's ok and on the mend. I hope your tushy is too! You are so right about motherhood! My son was just two when he broke his femur (largest bone in the body / thigh) and he had to go into a full body cast for 8 weeks! Now he's a real boy's boy...(hehehe it was purple and had a hole cut out for his tushy and diaper) but he simply tripped over a basketball and turned it wrong. So, it can happen even if they're not climbing trees. I'm with you tho... let them climb!... but never stop saying 'be careful'. Nothing is easy.

pattilou, I can't understand if you're saying he sent it in last week ...or in April. If it was April i'd send another packet to them with the note as Liam and Sam suggested. If you sent it just last week perhaps it's just not in the system yet? Best to see if you can get a response from the other London folks. Hope it all turns out.

Yes, it's not only when they climb trees. I had a friend in highschool who went to play basketball the day before the exams and he fell and broke his two wrists! He had to wait 4 more months to take the exams.

On another thread, pattilou said that they first sent packet3 back in April, and that last week her fiance brought another copy at the embassy. I would say that if he gave the packet to them directly, there shouldn't be a problem. They may have gotten it (obviously since your fiance gave it to them, from what you said) but it may take a while to update their system, and that's why the Department of State didn't see anything.