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this has been a pretty bad week.
one friend's brother died.
my sister's job situation at lehman brothers is still a day-by-day wait-and-see deal.
kirk, though doing pretty okay, is still in bad shape.
(if you know kirk, and you haven't been keeping up - kirklawrence.blogspot.com/)
i scratched my car door on some labyrinthine bushes.
but then yesterday i got a call from my folks.
my aunt, uncle and cousin in new jersey all got their green cards.
after six years of waiting. that's fantastic! very happy for them.
and then, half an hour later, i got another call from my folks, after they got home and checked the post.
I got my green card.
It took four and a half years. As recently as last month, US Immigration thought i was two people. but now it's here.
benefits:
1. now, when I renew my drivers license, it will be for five years, and not just for one year at a time. also, i may be able to do it online, so i don't have to piss around at the DMV explaining circumstances to them which are totally out of the box that they're used to, making it a two-hour operation.
2. i don't have to apply for, wait for, and then receive, a work permit every year.
3. I CAN FINALLY LEAVE AND RE-ENTER THE U.S. AT WILL.
now, i don't have to say "i'm here on a visa that expired in 2004" anymore.
it's going to be an okay weekend after all.
one friend's brother died.
my sister's job situation at lehman brothers is still a day-by-day wait-and-see deal.
kirk, though doing pretty okay, is still in bad shape.
(if you know kirk, and you haven't been keeping up - kirklawrence.blogspot.com/)
i scratched my car door on some labyrinthine bushes.
but then yesterday i got a call from my folks.
my aunt, uncle and cousin in new jersey all got their green cards.
after six years of waiting. that's fantastic! very happy for them.
and then, half an hour later, i got another call from my folks, after they got home and checked the post.
I got my green card.
It took four and a half years. As recently as last month, US Immigration thought i was two people. but now it's here.
benefits:
1. now, when I renew my drivers license, it will be for five years, and not just for one year at a time. also, i may be able to do it online, so i don't have to piss around at the DMV explaining circumstances to them which are totally out of the box that they're used to, making it a two-hour operation.
2. i don't have to apply for, wait for, and then receive, a work permit every year.
3. I CAN FINALLY LEAVE AND RE-ENTER THE U.S. AT WILL.
now, i don't have to say "i'm here on a visa that expired in 2004" anymore.
it's going to be an okay weekend after all.