APRIL '08 Vermont K-1 Filers

[Susita 175]

This wait IS very hard, but soon enough it will be over. And if you think about it, it will be a small amount of time in comparison with the amount of time we are going to spend with our husbands/wives. The thing that keeps me going is knowing that being depressed brings bad karma & if I remain optimistic, I think things will come easier, and disappointments will be easier to deal with. My approval estimated time is the middle of July, so I'm not going to be depressed, I'm going to enjoy the 4th of July with my family knowing that the next 4th of July Luis will be here to share it with us.

I'm having a nice Sunday at work LOL

I'd rather be home, vegging out in my pajamas.

How's everybody else?

[KimandRuss 0]

I'd rather be home, vegging out in my pajamas.

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hehehe.... at home vegging out in my pajamas!

[Ana&D 0]

Ladies, I just got out of my pjs!

Graham We all have those bad days. At least every other week I tell Dave that I will never make it there. I can't even imagine how I'll feel in a month when it will be close but still seem unreachable. I'm wishing you all the strength in the world to get through this! You will make it there!!! There is no other way!

[HighwayStar 0]

I am another of those people who sometimes feels they'll never get there. Though I've tried to be positive, the long wait, coupled with the mishap that led us to waste almost two months, is really getting me down big time. I'll be 48 in December, and therefore I know more than half of my life is behind me... Sorry to be so negative, but sometimes it's not easy to be otherwise.

[Nicoxcx 1]

I've sort of put off coding a list for all of us April filers as I thought perhaps it would make us all a bit more anxious to not see changes on it but maybe it's time for it now...???? We all need some positive energy! What about the next stage.... it often goes pretty quickly after approval... are you all ready for that????

Checking lists has become a hobby of mine

Highway don't apoligise, I think everyone feels that way at some point, even if they don't admit it, it is healthy but the hard part is getting your pysche back up to glass half full, we lost over a month because of our lost application, and one day It kills me that I could have had an approval already, the next I remember it is coming.

[Susita 175]

I get depressed sometimes too, but my goal is to stay positive. When I'm depressed, I call Luis and cry to him on the phone LOL. Usually, the conversation ends in us laughing about something funny like the time I couldn't remember how to say broccoli in Spanish and was like trying to explain to the waiter that they are like little green trees but they're vegetables (this whole explanation) and he said, "oh, broccoli?" and I felt like a jackass. My Spanish skills are more like Spanglish skills being brought up in the US and PR and all. Or like the time we went on the bus and when the bus stopped the guy was yelling "baja, baja, baja" (get off, get off, get off) and I thought he was yelling at me to get off the bus so I yelled back at him, but apparently he was just telling the driver that people were getting off and not to drive away. He was saying "they're getting off, they're getting off" and actually in either case it's "baja, baja" Whoops. I almost got into a fight in Peru with a bus driver LOL.

Silly things like this are what keep me laughing. We have had some of the best funniest times together. What about you guys? Lets tell each other the funniest things that have happened to us with our SOs.

[Ana&D 0]

Our first petition package was sent in April and got returned a whole month later. So we ended up loosing those 30 days. Otherwise, D. and I would be as anxious as you guys are at the moment I guess whatever happens, happens for a reason.

Susita, your stories cracked me up You gonna have many more funny moments once Luis gets to the ol' good US of A I guess I'll share my own experience as a dummy foreigner to illustrate

I got my first car back in July of 2007 and Dave had a lot of fun with terrified me (I could barely drive) following him home from the dealer. As time passed I got better with driving and he stopped calling me everytime I went places just to make sure that both me and my ride were fine .

A month later Dave's B-day was approaching and I went out to get his present. As I got back to the parking lot after the shopping trip, I saw my car with a huge dent on the passanger side and chips of paint and brokent light glass on the ground that indicated somebody JUST hit my baby car I worked for a whole year to buy! Paniced I run to the security booth and nice lady proceeded to help me. First of all she looked at the security cameras screen and managed to zoom the picture to show the dented side. A little rewinding showed how somebody was backing out into my ride!!! We called the police and she proceeded to fill out the form. Since I just got my tags, I couldn't give her a number and went back to the car to pick up my insurance and other docs. On the way I called Dave (who happend to be swaped at work) and cried like a baby. Anyway, so I get to the car, stick my key into the lock and it's not working. Only then I notice weird bags on the backseat and realize.... that it is not my car . Same year and make, same color, but mine is three spots down the row as fine as I bought it! I felt like such an idiot. When I called Dave to explain the mishap, he wouldn't believe me. Well, to make it feel better, I still tell mysefl that at least I did somebody a favor by calling the cops on whoever hit their car

[Fernanda O. 0]

Hahahahahhahaha!!! Loved the broccoli story!

I sometimes have trouble speaking english.

When I had just met my mother in law I told my fiancee that "the sky of my mouth" was hurt. In portuguese is "céu da boca", so I just translated it literally! He was all like, "mom, listen to what Fernanda is saying". I was soooo embarassed!

Then on the other day I was trying to say he was dumber than me and I said dumper! Hahahahhaah!

But the funniest was when we were watching a movie here in Brazil. It was an american movie and I was reading the subtitles in portuguese, so I was thinking in portuguese. I made a comment about the movie to him in portuguese. He was like "what?" I repeated in portuguese. "What???" I repeated in portuguese 2 more times til I finally realized I was speaking in portuguese, not in english, and he doesnt understand any portuguese!

[smchadwick 0]

I'm sure we all have funny stories because of different stuff in different countries. For instance, when Gareth was here he'd always go to the wrong side of the car, thinking the driver's side was the passenger's. After he did this a few times he started to remember where he was and do it correctly so just to mess with him I'd go to the passenger's side so he'd go to the driver's automatically. It was great and we both got some good laughs out of it. Also, we had a lot of huh's and what's because of my southern accent and his Liverpool accent -- especially when he talked to my sister or mom...it was great! He got used to the southern drawl quickly though.

Stephanie

[kornyhiv 0]

susita83,

The broccoli story is funny being that is the same in Spanish. Trying to explain they are like little trees is priceless ehehehehee

Thanks for sharing!

[GrahamandMegan 1]

I've being feeling really low today so to try and cheer myself up I went through Igor's list and tried to compile as much information as I could. So here is the list as it stands today. It currently puts us in at a position of 45 instead of 62. Sorry but I only did as far as us right now, it took a while.

1. NOA1 - 2007/12/26. Last online - 2008/02/03.

2. NOA1 - 2008/01/15. Last online - 2008/01/23.

3. NOA1 - 2008/02/20. Last online - Private. I-130 filing in timeline (Possibly K3).

4. NOA1 - 2008/02/20. Last online - 2008/06/26. Same names as Number 3, possible K3.

5. NOA1 - 2008/02/02. RFE - 2008/04/09. Last online - 2008/06/28.

6. NOA1 - 2008/02/02. RFE - 2008/03/18. Last online - 2008/06/28.

7. NOA1 - 2008/01/30. Approved. Last online - 2008/05/27.

8. NOA1 - 2008/02/25. RFE - 2008/04/10. Last online - 2008/06/29.

9. NOA1 - 2008/02/02. Last online - 2008/05/10.

10. NOA1 - 2008/02/02. No profile.

11. NOA1 - 2008/02/11. Last online - 2008/06/27. I-130 filing in timeline (Possibly K3).

12. NOA1 - 2008/02/12. Last online - 2008/02/18.

13. NOA1 - 2008/02/12. RFE - 2008/04/30. Last online - 2008/06/29.

14. NOA1 - 2008/02/29. Last online - 2008/06/25.

15. NOA1 - 2008/02/26. Last online - 2008/06/24.

16. NOA1 - 2008/05/01. Last online - 2008/05/29.

17. NOA1 - 2008/03/03. Last online - 2008/05/17.

18. NOA1 - 2008/04/21. Last online - 2008/06/29.

19. NOA1 - 2008/04/07. Last online - 2008/06/29.

20. NOA1 - 2008/03/04. Last online - 2008/06/29. No longer pursuing K1, has askes Mods to remove timeline.

21. NOA1 - 2008/03/07. Last online - 2008/06/18.

22. NOA1 - 2008/03/17. Last online - 2008/06/29.

23. NOA1 - 2008/03/17. Last online - 2008/06/29.

24. NOA1 - 2008/03/18. RFE - 2008/06/03. Last online - 2008/06/27.

25. NOA1 - 2008/03/17. No profile.

26. NOA1 - 2008/06/09. Last online - 2008/06/20.

27. NOA1 - 2008/04/01. No profile.

28. NOA1 - 2008/03/31. Last online - 2008/06/29.

29. NOA1 - 2008/03/26. Last online - 2008/06/28.

30. NOA1 - 2008/04/04. Last online - 2008/06/29.

31. NOA1 - 2008/03/31. Last online - 2008/06/29.

32. NOA1 - 2008/04/10. Last online - 2008/06/29.

33. NOA1 - 2008/04/14. Last online - 2008/06/29.

34. NOA1 - 2008/03/31. Last online - 2008/06/29.

35. NOA1 - 2008/03/31. Last online - 2008/06/25.

36. NOA1 - 2008/04/01. Last online - 2008/06/29.

37. NOA1 - 2008/03/28. Last online - 2008/06/27.

38. NOA1 - 2008/03/26. Last online - 2008/06/29.

39. NOA1 - 2008/04/01. Last online - 2008/06/18.

40. No NOA1 date. No profile.

41. NOA1 - 2008/03/31. No profile.

42. NOA1 - 2008/04/01. Last online - 2008/05/15.

43. NOA1 - 2008/04/04. Last online - 2008/06/29.

44. NOA1 - 2008/04/01. Last online - 2008/06/28.

45. NOA1 - 2008/04/22. Last online - 2008/06/28.

46. NOA1 - 2008/04/10. Last online - 2008/06/29.

47. NOA1 - 2008/04/03. Last online - 2008/06/27.

48. NOA1 - 2008/04/07. Last online - 2008/04.24.

49. NOA1 - 2008/04/03. Last online - 2008/06/24.

50. NOA1 - 2008/03/31. Last online - Private.

51. NOA1 - 2008/04/03. Last online - 2008/06/29.

52. NOA1 - 2008/05/09. Last online - 2008/05/09.

53. NOA1 - 2008/04/07. Last online - 2008/06/24.

54. NOA1 - 2008/04/09. Last online - 2008/06/27.

55. NOA1 - 2008/04/10. Last online - 2008/06/29.

56. NOA1 - 2008/04/07. Last online - 2008/06/20.

57. NOA1 - 2008/04/07. Last online - 2008/06/29.

58. NOA1 - 2008/04/07. Last online - 2008/06/29.

59. NOA1 - 2008/04/10. Last online - 2008/06/26.

60. NOA1 - 2008/04/09. Last online - 2008/06/27.

61. NOA1 - 2008/04/08. Last online - 2008/06/27.

62. NOA1 - 2008/04/10. Last online - 2008/06/29.

Just trying to find something to help me out. Hope it helps you all too.

[johnabis 0]

Johnabis was touched on Friday so it does appear we may be on our way... hopefully we'll see them approved on Monday along with all the rest of March and then we can expect to see several early April approvals this week as well. All of you with early April dates stay strong... it's got to be real soon! Curse the USCIS for dating my noa1 a week after they got it!

Hey, I just checked and I also got touched again today . Like i said I think this means good things for all of us very soon.

[Katie&Luciano 0]

Johnabis was touched on Friday so it does appear we may be on our way... hopefully we'll see them approved on Monday along with all the rest of March and then we can expect to see several early April approvals this week as well. All of you with early April dates stay strong... it's got to be real soon! Curse the USCIS for dating my noa1 a week after they got it!

Hey, I just checked and I also got touched again today . Like i said I think this means good things for all of us very soon.

woohoo! that must be good news for you and hopefully all of us early april filers! hope to see you with an NOA2 any day now!

[Susita 175]

Woohoo! I'm so excited for you! Let's get it movin' Vermont!

[Nicoxcx 1]

Yay Johnabis that is certainly a good sign, Since you got your NOA1 early April, when you see your NOA2 (which looks like it is right around the corner) hopefully that means some Aprilers will get some to! hehe.