Sunday, July 12, 2009

The Latest

Ok, here's where we stand with travel. Our agency is trying to get our Consulate Appt. in China scheduled for August 3rd.  We are the only family in our group that is still with the I600 process. Everyone else is I800 (new immigaration process) and those families still do not have travel approval. Instead of holding us up any more, they are trying now to get us there asap. We are VERY excited about this  but sad for the families in our group still waiting.
 
If our agency is successful getting the August 3rd appt. we will leave on July 21 or 22nd.  It's all going to be last minute. In fact, we probably will not have our China visas and passports back to us until the day before we leave.   Nothing like one more big hill on a rollercoaster. Frankly, we should already have those Visas and passports in our hand but we don't and complaining about it now isn't really going to help.  Hopefully we will know tomorrow if we were able to get an August 3rd Consulate appt. Keep your fingers crossed.
 
We have been running around like mad this weekend. I know three plus years should be enough time but there are quite a few things that can't get done until you know travel dates.  I was really stressed on Friday but feeling better about it now.  Not because we got it all done, not even close. But I did go through the "todo" list line by line and if it wasn't preventing us from getting on a plane or preventing us from getting LuLu home safely, it was DEFERRED. Worked wonders.

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