One more step!!!!

Wow, that was fast. I sent my dossier to the Consulate General in New York last Saturday. It's back in my hands this morning!!! Today and tomorrow I will finish taking the required pictures and send everything off to my agency on Monday. Then the dossier is on it's way to Costa Rica. For the first time in a long time I can feel some excitement building.

Now everything is ready...again!

I thought that I had everything ready last time I posted, but that was not the case. I do have everything I need. I will be traveling to Harrisburg this week some time with all of my paperwork. Then I have to find a Bank of America to deposit funds. Yikes..... Just a little longer.... After the papers are certified this week, I will send them to New York for authentification. I wish that I wasn't sooo busy. I actually took some time today to work on the last bedroom. I can't decide what color to decorate it. The drywall is going up very smoothly. I will need to go to Home Depot to look for paint or wall paper.

Everything is ready, I think,,,,,

Finally, I have everything ready to take to the state capital for certification. That was a long and exhaustive month of September. I don't think that I had one night or weekend free to actually sit down for more than ten minutes. I really hope that I am not that busy once I complete this process. Just say no........Monday I plan on sending a copy to my agency and having it looked over before I go to Harrisburg. Then my paperwork will be reay to go to the embassy in New York for approval. I can feel the excitment building. Just a little longer....

It's here!!!! I800A approval!!!

My I-800A approval arrived during the middle of last week, just when I was beginning to feel a little down. What a roller coaster! One day feeling not so great, then something arrives and presto, on the happy side again. Now, I will gather all the items for the dossier. There are a few things I have to do again, because of the dates, but I hope that it doesn't take too long. Now that we're into the third week of school, things are beginning to settle down a bit. Tonight, I actually feel more relaxed and calm that all of last week. Still, there are not enough hours in the day. Short post today...trying to go to bed earlier so I can get to school earlier....we'll see if that works.

Jane was here: September 6, 2010

Here I am, another year older, (birthday) waiting patiently for a sign that I am going in the right direction.
Waiting has to be the hardest thing in the world. My patience is running thin as I wait for news about my I800-A application being processed. What are the next steps...notarize...certify...think, think, think.
On another note....wow! What an incredibly busy week, Five days of school over. Where did it go. Why is there always so little time to do things? The list of jobs keeps getting longer and longer and time keeps disappearing.

Fingerprints done.....School begins!!

Wow! Up early to drive downtown Thursday morning. 8:00 appointment to have the biometric fingerprinting done. I was the second person in line......very busy place on Thursday morning. Go figure. I believe that I had a huge advantage over everyone else in line though. I quickly filled out my form and was the first one ready for fingerprints. Whew! I asked the young man why they didn't respond to my request for another appointment. He had no idea, but informed me that I could have come any day or any time. I wish someone would have let me know that. There was no place to call or email or anything other than the written request that obviously got nowhere. I hope that the fingerprints move quickly and my I800A application is processed soon.

Anyway....slightly late for the first day of school for teachers. School starts Monday for students.

Fingerprint Appointment

I recieved my appointment for fingerprints yesterday. My checks were cashed by the US government, so it must be a sign that things are beginning to pick up. Also, I have been waiting for a long time at the library for a kit to help me brush up on my very limited Spanish. It is finally on its way! Now I hope that I can remember at least some of the Spanish that I struggled with in college. I am much more motivated now to learn. I am also working on the dossier documents. There are not as many to complete as there were with my former agency, however, I want to make sure everything is good to go. I want to be ready to send things as soon as possible. School starts in two weeks and I wanted to try to finish some documents before then. It is so hard when you are at the mercy of many entities.
On another note, my dad and I started to build a closet in my last unfinished bedroom. I have some idea how I want that room to look. I can't decide on the colors yet. My dad was joking, I think, when he said, "This could be a boy's room. You have enough room in here for two boys." We got the frame for one wall finished over the weekend. It was hard work, but it felt good. I think I could use a nail gun, but hammering is much more fun.