It's been a while

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It's been a while since I visited these forums. Susie and I married in Mar 07 after she arrived in the US on a K-1.

The last two years have seemed to fly by. Susie is working two jobs...one as a waitress. I also work two jobs. I am eligible to retire from the Air Force in about 14 months and I also have a part-time job as a manager at an auto parts store.

In addition, I'm also going to school...I'm trying to finish up my bachelor's in Business Admin.

As you can see, we've been quite busy. Susie works close to home, so we've been getting by without two cars for a while, but we just bought her a car and she's learning to drive now. That's definitely another challenge and a nervous one for me.

We've got a couple trips planned within the year...a cousin is getting married in Chicago in May and my 20-year class reunion is in SoCal in July, so Susie is pretty excited about those.

I'm pretty anxious with the prospects of retiring from the Air Force. I'm pretty confident I can land a civil service job after retirement, so that has tempered the anxiety somewhat. At any rate, Susie is at work today and I took a couple days off to finish up some school work and to sit on the couch and veg out. Call it a treat for my weary body and mind.

Susie's 2-year green card expires in Nov. so I'm starting to look at getting that paperwork together so we're not caught off guard. If anyone has any advice on that process, I'm all ears. Our journey has been real smooth up to this point...no issues. I'm hoping the removal of conditions goes just as smoothly.

Also, our two-year anniversary is on the 9th of March, so I really need to get something for that or I'll be in big trouble.

[raymaga 25]

Sounds like life has been pretty good since your wife's arrival in the U.S. It's always nice to hear the "success stories"!!!!

Good luck with the Removal of Conditions process.

Best wishes.

[Sandrila 1]

It is always nice to hear that things are going well for couples who have made it this far.

Congratulations on the anniversary and GOD BLESS and good luck with your next phase of your journey together.

Thanks for sharing.

[Jenn! 918]

Hey, I remember you, welcome back.

Congratulations on your anniversary and all your life changes!

Check out the Removing Conditions forum - looks like you will be going through VSC, which has been really slow. But they're finally trying to shift the caseload around to speed things up a bit.

[William33 110]

It's been a while since I visited these forums. Susie and I married in Mar 07 after she arrived in the US on a K-1.

The last two years have seemed to fly by. Susie is working two jobs...one as a waitress. I also work two jobs. I am eligible to retire from the Air Force in about 14 months and I also have a part-time job as a manager at an auto parts store.

In addition, I'm also going to school...I'm trying to finish up my bachelor's in Business Admin.

As you can see, we've been quite busy. Susie works close to home, so we've been getting by without two cars for a while, but we just bought her a car and she's learning to drive now. That's definitely another challenge and a nervous one for me.

We've got a couple trips planned within the year...a cousin is getting married in Chicago in May and my 20-year class reunion is in SoCal in July, so Susie is pretty excited about those.

I'm pretty anxious with the prospects of retiring from the Air Force. I'm pretty confident I can land a civil service job after retirement, so that has tempered the anxiety somewhat. At any rate, Susie is at work today and I took a couple days off to finish up some school work and to sit on the couch and veg out. Call it a treat for my weary body and mind.

Susie's 2-year green card expires in Nov. so I'm starting to look at getting that paperwork together so we're not caught off guard. If anyone has any advice on that process, I'm all ears. Our journey has been real smooth up to this point...no issues. I'm hoping the removal of conditions goes just as smoothly.

Also, our two-year anniversary is on the 9th of March, so I really need to get something for that or I'll be in big trouble.

Dude....

Long time no see, almost 2 years I believe....What a battle we endured during the IMBRA ordeal....

Happy to hear that all is well in your life, as is the case in ours.

We have missed you on VJ.

Send me a PM and let's catch up on things. Well, I sent you one.

[mrc 0]

Thanks for the support.

I see a couple of old friends are now moderators on the site.

Jenn, it looks like things are going well for you. Removing conditions seems a lot easier than what we've been through, so this shouldn't be so bad.

A friend at work has a wife from Panama. They met when he went down there for a few months at work. Coincidentally, I was stationed there at the time back in 1997. She's been over here since 1998 and she just got her citizenship in November. At least I have him to help me a bit in the long term process.

William, I sent you a message back.

It's good to hear from you guys.