Didn't Get Lost!!!

Actually the trip downtown was straightforward, with directions typed up by The Perfect Nerd, I got there in record time, and didn't miss any turn-offs!!

Our appointment was at 3pm so TPN just met me there, minutes from his work. There was almost no one waiting so it want very quickly, unlike our last visit!

The Detroit 'Assistance Center' (I think that's what they called it) is actually in a strip mall! We found that quite unusual, especially since there is a Chinese Restaurant called the Lucky Dragon very close to where you get fingerprinting. Our last visit was at 8:30 am so we didn't get to visit the Lucky Dragon, but today we stopped in for a very quick spring roll and fortune cookies...

My Chinese word: Birthday
Jim's fortune: Things are turning for the bright side.

Jim's Chinese word: Vegetable
My Fortune: All the world will not love a lover but they will all be watching him.

I burst into tears at my Chinese word, laughed when Jim read his, loved his fortune, but didn't understand mine until I spoke to my friend Edie. She immediately said, "That's Jesus!" Bless her heart, I wasn't paying attention... I love my fortune now!

Everyone please pray for Edie. The doctors have found a spot on her pancreas that looks to be pre-cancerous or cancerous. She is being scoped in just over a week.

Fingerprint Alert!

Going to The Big City to get our fingerprints re-done today!! Wish me luck down there... I'm only a little scared I will get lost!!

Fingerprinting...

We got our letters for fingerprint appointment today.. in just over 2 weeks! (We even got them on the same day and time!)

More news tomorrow about the zoo! I'm exhausted!

Great News!

Okay, in this rollercoaster of high expectations, dashed hopes and ever changing landscape, something worked...

Our I-171h expires this coming Tuesday. We got our medicals done in June, our home study updated in July and I mailed our I-600A application with a request for one free renewal on August 17th.

Today we received a letter from Immigration dated 8/21 that they have accepted our one time free application extension! Our fingerprinting appointment will be coming (when? who knows) Current processing time overall is 3 months from letter date!

Yahoo, we caught a break... now that the orphan donation has gone up $1000 I think we broke even!

P.S. To those of you that missed the cut-off, (Luna) I am sorry... but you will be getting your baby sooner... I'll trade if you want!