ATTENTION JULY FILERS! (2)

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

wellp, adriano's flight from tirana leaves in about 14 hours and i can feel his nervousness from across the ocean!! poor baby has never been on a plane before...what an event it will be!! lol he told me that yesterday his sister was crying hysterically when they said goodbye, i feel so bad for stealing him away

at the same time, though, im really really really excited for him to come here...my house is clean, and ready for his arrival, i even bought him toothpicks (which i never use), because i know he likes them what a random item!!

well my sister is picking him up at the jfk tomorrow at 2pm...i will be at work, and the two of them dont have a common language...should be quite interesting indeed!! lol im so excited for him to finally see my city!!

Wow! Its alll finally happening! Poor guy though, first flight is International. Hopefully he'll do OK! Have a wonderful reunion!

Thank you!! Yea, I had him fly Alitalia so at least he can understand some of what is going on (he doesn't speak English yet)...I'm sure that he will be fine, but I am like a nervous mother here!!

I'm sure he'll do well! He has so many changes to look forward too, which I am sure will be exciting and overwheming all at the same time. But, he'll have you to help him through all of it and together you'll make the adjustments!

Make sure you join us in the thread Jeraly started in the Moving Her & Your New Life in America forum - July 2007 K1 Filers! A bunch of us post there now to keep in touch, discussing any and everything!

I hope the flight and everything goes amazingly well for you guys!

thanks again, and i will see you in that thread tomorrow when he gets here!!

wellp, adriano's flight from tirana leaves in about 14 hours and i can feel his nervousness from across the ocean!! poor baby has never been on a plane before...what an event it will be!! lol he told me that yesterday his sister was crying hysterically when they said goodbye, i feel so bad for stealing him away

at the same time, though, im really really really excited for him to come here...my house is clean, and ready for his arrival, i even bought him toothpicks (which i never use), because i know he likes them what a random item!!

well my sister is picking him up at the jfk tomorrow at 2pm...i will be at work, and the two of them dont have a common language...should be quite interesting indeed!! lol im so excited for him to finally see my city!!

Wow! Its alll finally happening! Poor guy though, first flight is International. Hopefully he'll do OK! Have a wonderful reunion!

Thank you!! Yea, I had him fly Alitalia so at least he can understand some of what is going on (he doesn't speak English yet)...I'm sure that he will be fine, but I am like a nervous mother here!!

I'm sure he'll do well! He has so many changes to look forward too, which I am sure will be exciting and overwheming all at the same time. But, he'll have you to help him through all of it and together you'll make the adjustments!

Make sure you join us in the thread Jeraly started in the Moving Her & Your New Life in America forum - July 2007 K1 Filers! A bunch of us post there now to keep in touch, discussing any and everything!

I hope the flight and everything goes amazingly well for you guys!

thanks again, and i will see you in that thread tomorrow when he gets here!!

[Jeraly 4]

at the same time, though, im really really really excited for him to come here...my house is clean, and ready for his arrival, i even bought him toothpicks (which i never use), because i know he likes them what a random item!!

Haha - after all that time with the pic where it looked like you were flossing?!

Wow! Its alll finally happening! Poor guy though, first flight is International. Hopefully he'll do OK! Have a wonderful reunion!

Jeremy's first flight was west coast to the UK He was so cranky and tired the whole time he was here!!! Ahh - seems like a lifetime ago!!

[Jeraly 4]

Ahhhhh!!! i have *got* to get my packet 4 this week and I am soooooo nervous!!!!

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

at the same time, though, im really really really excited for him to come here...my house is clean, and ready for his arrival, i even bought him toothpicks (which i never use), because i know he likes them what a random item!!

Haha - after all that time with the pic where it looked like you were flossing?!

hahaha yepp, im more of a floss kinda girl, toothpicks just aren't my thing

Ahhhhh!!! i have *got* to get my packet 4 this week and I am soooooo nervous!!!!

im sure you will, and then you will feel overwhelmed because the interview will be in like two weeks!!

[*julez* 124]

Ahhhhh!!! i have *got* to get my packet 4 this week and I am soooooo nervous!!!!

I keep forgetting that you STILL haven't interviewed! You're such a veteran, it doesn't seem possible!

[StillThePrettiest 3]

my first flight was at nineteen, alone, from Sydney to Frankfurt (almost the full twenty-four hours), to meet a penfriend I had never met before

upon arrival my baggage was stolen; within a week I had broken my ankle

seemed like a disaster when it happened - but for ages (and even at the time) I have felt I wouldn't change a thing; quite apart from bringing me right in close with the family, who are STILL great friends of mine almost seventeen years later, all of that taught me such resilience... you don't get through all that on your own, in a foreign language, with virtual strangers, and not learn some pretty decent coping skills

PS Marta, you're ribbing me about not being packed?! girly, I've been packed for months - the stuff stacked in the basement, that is - and for the rest - well, I've got more than a month

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

my first flight was at nineteen, alone, from Sydney to Frankfurt (almost the full twenty-four hours), to meet a penfriend I had never met before

upon arrival my baggage was stolen; within a week I had broken my ankle

seemed like a disaster when it happened - but for ages (and even at the time) I have felt I wouldn't change a thing; quite apart from bringing me right in close with the family, who are STILL great friends of mine almost seventeen years later, all of that taught me such resilience... you don't get through all that on your own, in a foreign language, with virtual strangers, and not learn some pretty decent coping skills

what an experience!! very, very true about the coping skills though

[StillThePrettiest 3]

oh, I know... I remember a very specific moment, lying awake the night after breaking my ankle, feeling all distraught and thinking I'd have to go home, when I just decided that I was NOT going to go home; I was going to stay, and make it all work... I sometimes wonder if that was one of the defining moments of my life

of course, I then had to call my poor suffering mother... which was an adventure in itself, as this all happened in what had until very recently been East Germany, and there weren't any phones

I think I said something like 'I've had a few more problems...' and her 'yeeeeessss...' was very guarded all of a sudden

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

oh, I know... I remember a very specific moment, lying awake the night after breaking my ankle, feeling all distraught and thinking I'd have to go home, when I just decided that I was NOT going to go home; I was going to stay, and make it all work... I sometimes wonder if that was one of the defining moments of my life

of course, I then had to call my poor suffering mother... which was an adventure in itself, as this all happened in what had until very recently been East Germany, and there weren't any phones

I think I said something like 'I've had a few more problems...' and her 'yeeeeessss...' was very guarded all of a sudden

it sounds like a sitcom!

[lilou 0]

I HAVE MY K1 in hand TODAY

Will be flying to USA the 30 of April yehaaaaaah

[*julez* 124]

I HAVE MY K1 in hand TODAY

Will be flying to USA the 30 of April yehaaaaaah

Congratulations lilou!

[selam 0]

Abdul Rahman arrived on February 25th through JFK and received a 90 work stamp in his passport with no problems. We applied for his SSN on March 3rd and are still waiting. Anyone know how long that takes? I am so fliiping happy and just cannot believe he is really here. Wow! What a horrible time we have all had. What obstacles we have overcome and what emotional turmoil. Kudos to everyone for their patience and neverending faith in good things. Congrats to us all!

-Christine

...i just love him

[Arrta 1]

Both Charry and I are moving so it is double trouble..

I'm finally moving out of the parents house. Although, at one point I was almost going to buy the house from them. That is until I found out how much they are paying in mortgage payments.

I am moving with my entertainment center, complete with home theater system . I have a computer and desk, a filing cabinet and a bookcase. There is no point of me taking my twin bed, yes thats all I have

My parents are giving me their old kitchen table that has been collecting dust in the basement, better than nothing. My God mother is giving me a wingback chair that she has never used. One set of grandparents gave me a pillow and a fleece jacket for Charry. The other set said they bought me some towels, I already have serveral sets.

My sister gave me a bunch of old winter clothes, not really old but she bought them and wore them once for a party or something and never wore them again. They all look nice. But if they are too big or Charry does not like them they will probably go to good will.

3 days after I move Charry is arriving.

We have no living room furnature, other than the entertainment center. We have no bed never mind a bedroom set. I do not plan on getting anything either until she is here so she can help pick them out.

I saw an inflatable bed on sale for $12.99 or something like that. That should be good enough for a few days while we decide.

I'm taking the entire week off after she arrives. We can pick out the furnature we do not have, I can show her the sites around here as well as show her how to get places of importance, although she won't be able to drive for a while. Then there are the things we all know will happen after being apart for 9 months or more.

[Jeraly 4]

im sure you will, and then you will feel overwhelmed because the interview will be in like two weeks!!

Part of me is hoping it is that quick if not quicker - purely so I don't have weeks and weeks to get too nervous!!!!!

I keep forgetting that you STILL haven't interviewed! You're such a veteran, it doesn't seem possible!

I know - but I thought the same as you when I first came here - I saw those little hearts and couldn't believe that you had only just filed!!! I feel like I *should* be a veteran - I have got so nervous and excited for everyone else who has gone through it all and part of me thinks I have done my bit now - surely I can bribe someone else to be nervous for me?!?! I am sure Debz is pretty bored!! Maybe I'll text her now I have her new US cell number - yay!

I HAVE MY K1 in hand TODAY

Will be flying to USA the 30 of April yehaaaaaah

YAY!!! You still going through SEA? You must be sooo excited!!

Abdul Rahman arrived on February 25th through JFK and received a 90 work stamp in his passport with no problems. We applied for his SSN on March 3rd and are still waiting. Anyone know how long that takes? I am so fliiping happy and just cannot believe he is really here. Wow! What a horrible time we have all had. What obstacles we have overcome and what emotional turmoil. Kudos to everyone for their patience and neverending faith in good things. Congrats to us all!

-Christine

...i just love him

Oh I am sooo happy for you both Don't be a stranger! I made a new thread in the "moving here" forum for all us July bunch so we can kinda go through AOS together or at least keep up to date on how we are all doing post-K-1

Both Charry and I are moving so it is double trouble..

I'm finally moving out of the parents house. Although, at one point I was almost going to buy the house from them. That is until I found out how much they are paying in mortgage payments.

I am moving with my entertainment center, complete with home theater system . I have a computer and desk, a filing cabinet and a bookcase. There is no point of me taking my twin bed, yes thats all I have

My parents are giving me their old kitchen table that has been collecting dust in the basement, better than nothing. My God mother is giving me a wingback chair that she has never used. One set of grandparents gave me a pillow and a fleece jacket for Charry. The other set said they bought me some towels, I already have serveral sets.

My sister gave me a bunch of old winter clothes, not really old but she bought them and wore them once for a party or something and never wore them again. They all look nice. But if they are too big or Charry does not like them they will probably go to good will.

3 days after I move Charry is arriving.

We have no living room furnature, other than the entertainment center. We have no bed never mind a bedroom set. I do not plan on getting anything either until she is here so she can help pick them out.

I saw an inflatable bed on sale for $12.99 or something like that. That should be good enough for a few days while we decide.

I'm taking the entire week off after she arrives. We can pick out the furnature we do not have, I can show her the sites around here as well as show her how to get places of importance, although she won't be able to drive for a while. Then there are the things we all know will happen after being apart for 9 months or more.

Oh Jeremy and I are going to be in much the same situation aisde from the fact that we are not going to have any money to buy any furniture for a while!! We have a second hand sofa that someone has given us and I am sure we can make do with sturdy boxes and cheap rugs etc until we can save up for other things It is nice to hear about other people starting from scratch as well! Jeremy doesn't even have a place for us to live yet!!

[BabyBlueSusie 1]

yayyyyy adriano is here!!

he is sleeping soundly in my bed as we speak

he got through immigration just fine, and even managed to get work authorization (i guess they do it automatically)...he said that the officer only spoke english and adriano had no idea what the man was saying...despite that, everything went smoothly!! im sooo excited to wander around the city after work tonight