What an amazing day! Ian and I have been working since April 1 just to get a fiance visa to the US. Approval came today after an interview at the US Embassy in London (thank God!). We are currently waiting for the visa and Ian’s passport to show up via courier. It’s anticipated this will be a 5 – 10 day wait. Then, he’ll fly over soon after.

We are finally able to be married in the US!

I cannot wait to see Ian again. It feels so very good to be at the end of this part of the process. I’m thankful for all of our friends and family who supported us along the way, and for those people who have become our family at VisaJourney.

Now, hurry up and get us our visa and our plane so we can make some solid wedding plans!

Monday mornings are not built for keys being lost and being 1/2 hour late for work.  Things seemed pretty calm after that.   I got to cover help desk, which kept me busy.   I learned a bit about visual basic programming.  I asked some people for a favor and they happily obliged.   I laughed with Ian.  I tried to set a record straight.  I was surprised by an act or 3 of human kindness.

It was a day.

There are only 8 more days till Ian’s visa interview.   8 days!

Ian’s interview date has been set for October 21.  After that, we just wait 3 days or so to get his visa by courier, and then he can fly!

We’re very excited and will be doing “getting ready for Ian to show up” things in the next couple of weeks. 

I found this link on Wikipedia that talks about the difference between English biscuits and American biscuits.   While I was in England, I made chocolate chip and walnut biscuits.  I had to chop up my own chocolate, because we could not find chocolate chips anywhere.

In America, I made biscuits and gravy, which is very high in calories, but also really good to have for breakfast here and there.

The link will tell you all about it.   Most English people I’ve met are appalled to hear “biscuits” and “gravy” so close together in the same sentence.  

By the way, the photo of American biscuits and gravy isn’t very good.  That appears to be a drop biscuit, where I’d prefer the biscuits in the “American biscuits and honey” photo.

Just in the event you’re curious, this is what American cell phones and cell phone plans look like.   I see we even have T-Mobile service now, which we didn’t before.  I like the T-Mobile Sidekick, pictured at the left.

And… Netbooks have really come down in price.   Take a peek at Sam’s Club, where the Dell Netbooks are only $299.   At 8″ x 11″, I could get a smaller purse/bag, and stick this in it.