waiting to exhale

[allyn]

the last week has been rather stressful. this past Wednesday was Bex's immigration interview at the US consulate in New Zealand. based on what information we could gather, including what our friends Steve and Jade had told us, we expected this to mostly be a formality. and then within a couple of days Bex would have her visa packet

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[rivet]

Poor darlings. That is unbelievably and unnecessarily tough. I hope it all comes right in the end!

[allyn]

thank you <3

[jabber]

Crossing fingers until the end of week. Then we party!

[allyn]

epic party will be epic

[razzberee]

Wow, they really make it difficult don't they. Are they hoping that most people will just get frustrated and give up?

[allyn]

i have no idea what their intention is, but if they think i'm going to give up, well, they don't know me very well. i'm a tenacious bastard. and even moreso where when it's something so important as Bex

[bmused]

Yikes. =c\ Fingers crossed for smooth sailing from here on out!

[allyn]

it took almost 24 hours, but FedEx finally sorted out their tracking page with the correct date. i've been obsessively refreshing that page for the last 48 hours.
Portland-Oakland-Los Angeles-Honolulu-Auckland
yay! as of this morning it's finally in Auckland. sometime later today, it will be delivered to Bex.
first thing tomorrow morning Bex will take that document to the consulate, and wait until her visa packet has been assembled. assuming that all goes well, she will be getting on a plane tomorrow evening and be arriving here Friday afternoon.

[bmused]

Yay! Fingers crossed harder!

[allyn]

51 hours until she's (should be) in my arms ... not that i'm counting ;-)