2002-11-22 Met in Dublin, Ireland through mutual friend while Chris was studying abroad.
2002-12-01 fell in love and officially starting dating
2002-12-22 Bye Chris.... sniff
2003- 02-26 Chris comes back to see me... yay!!! Then I return to the US with him for two weeks.
2003-05-24 Arrived in Boston on J1 to live and work with Chris in Cape Cod... good times.
2003-09-07 Chris returns to Dublin with me to spend another semester studying abroad at UCD
2003-12-23 Chris leaves again... so sad!
2004-01-14... I visit Chris at St. Michael's College, VT
2004-02-09 I take another week off college (oops) to spend Valentine's Day with my love
2004-03-20 Our first cruise together, wonderful two weeks
2004-05-13 Chris graduates!!! 3 weeks with him in Connecticut
2004-06-01 Chris and I fly back to Ireland and then on to South of France with my family for a glorious two weeks
2004-07-03 The two of us return to Connecticut and then he moves to Boston and I spend the rest of the summer with my bubs in Medford
2004-09-14 I return home all alone... distance sucks :o(
2004-10-23 I surprise Chris with a visit... he had NO idea... he he
2004-11-26 Chris comes to visit me... I love him so! :O)
2005-01-15 I fly to New York and go on a brilliant cruise with him and his family
2005-03-08 I spend my final Spring Break in Boston with Chris
2005-06-10 Chris comes to Ireland and we go back to South of France with my family for another two week vacation (Even better than last year)
2005-06-30 Chris flies back to Boston from France... sob :o(
That was the last time we saw each other in person...
We spend August researching visa options and decide the K1 is the best choice.
2005-09-01 Start collecting necessary documents
2005-10-04 Sent petition to Vermont
2005-10-15 NOA1 received
2005-10-13 NOA2 online (what a wonderful surprise!)
2005-10-19 NOA2 in the mail