Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Tomorrow I Mail Away Our Hopes
We have all the papers ready, minus the envelope. The waiting will officially begin tomorrow. I just hope I get my temporary visa a lot faster than people have been saying, for some reason 3 months just sounds WAY too long! Once the packet is in the mail all we have left is to wait and to hope. There is still a very small chance that everything will be ready and we can go home for Christmas, but the window closes more and more as each day passes. Rodrigo seems to be a lot more optimistic than me about this. I have given up on my thoughts and dreaming about making it first to my mom's family Christmas on the 20th of December, as well as Christmas Eve at my dad's parents' house. Oh hell, I might as well throw in New Years at the cabin on Lake of the Woods too. Now use on hoping for what is impossible. And no point of getting my hopes up for the biggest let down of my life! So for right now I plan on calling Lan Chile and changing my flight from October 31st(I never really thought I would follow through with that date, but that was the farthest away we could get from Jan 15.) to January 20th. That would put me in Chile for an entire year! Give or take a few days because I went to the US for a bit in July and that one day where I went to Mendoza to renew my days!! If I have to change it to earlier, I will have no problem paying whatever to change it back! But if I have to change it to later, I'm sure that I will go completely insane and be asking for packages from the US of Cool Ranch Doritos, Koolaid (anything but grape!!), and butterscotch pudding to hold me over!! Actually anyone willing to send me that now, I won't complain!! hahaha! Anyways, I guess if you pray, pray for everything to run smoothly, if you don't pray, hope for us!! Love lots!!
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Dear Shannon, Good luck on getting your tickets in time! We are expats living in Costa Rica, working on year three. The culture shock is so hard to overcome, but it seems to come and go in phases. Nothing is forever (except my marriage and my children!) I figured I can do anything for a period of my life and the U.S. will be there. We have learned so much in our three years here, my friends back home can't believe it. And we are geezers compared to you all! Best of luck - you are so lucky to have this opportunity, at your age. Pura vida, Sally
Hi Shannon,
I enjoyed your expat interview and can relate to a lot of what you wrote!!
The truth is that I am learning to read it. I have a good book at the moment and a good website that I look up the story and the symbolism on. Depends on the day/question which one I use.
I would love to get together.
My email is sarbk86@yahoo.com
hey, i don´t mind about the link at all :) as far as this weekend, i´m still not entirely sure what we´re doing yet (as if that should be a surprise haha - doing things last minute here? no way).. but when i do, i will definitely let you guys know so you can come to my birthday celebration! ;)
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