Do you think this will prove it?

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Do you have any idea how bizarre it is to have friends and family write letters about your relationship with your husband.  The whole thing is surreal and strange to me.  In order to prove to those bureaucratic idiots that we are a real live loving couple we are now asked to have others vouch for us.  To be sure that it is done correctly I have had to read the affidavits.  I realized that all my friends who have gotten married recently and even less recently have never had to go through this type of ordeal.  Sure it's neat to hear my mom say she thought we were in love from the moment she met Alex, or read that my aunt thinks he is a stand up guy; but it is weird.  So here I sit, surrounded by pages of the I-864, affidavits, and bank statements thinking maybe everyone should have to do this.  It would probably put a dent in divorce, but then again, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.  The first year of marriage should be a blissful settling into a world filled with one another's nuances and habits, learning what to expect.  It should not be a year of trying to prove that we really do love each other.  So much so that, in fact, we have the assets to prove it.  Who would have thought that money would be essential is proving a legal and sound marriage...I thought it was love and companionship!  Silly me.

It all makes illegal immigration so much more understandable!  Thank god for family, friends, and legal advice or I might have gone bald from stress and blind from reading a computer screen by now.  Then where would the happy young newlywed couple be!  :)

Lo traduciré a castellano luego, me duele la cabeza y tengo que comer!  Pero os quiero igual!!

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Just one happy update.  I am officially an auntie and a godmother!!  My lovely cuñados have a sweet little girl named Maya!  I can't wait to meet her!

Las ultimas novedades felices.  Oficialmente soy tía y padrina!!  Mis maravillosos cuñados ya tienen una dulce pequeña que se llama Maya!  Tengo muchas ganas de conocerla!

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I know I've neglected to write for a few days, I sort of gave myself a long weekend away from my laptop.  Well, admittedly I did play Sims a bit, but I steered clear of forms, novel writing, emails, and the USCIS website for a few days. 

Today I feel that I would give anything for a job.  Almost any job at this point.  It is excruciating to find things to "busy" myself each day.  It sounds like a dream come true, but it's awful and all I want to do is go shopping.  My poor husband.  Thankfully, I can say I have not caved to my shopping addictions in days.  Last week, however, I did buy glittery indigo nail polish at Walmart while I was supposed to be getting dog food.  Why would they put those two aisles next to each other?

The German language class I had been eagerly anticipating was cancelled due to toxic fumes in the building.  Oddly enough there were police officers standing guard inside the building to keep us out.  And the rain has started.  The Weather Channel posted a "Special Weather Statement" saying that this was "the first sustained period of cool...damp fall weather will continue through much of the coming week."  So there will be no work in the graveyard of a garden, less bike ridding, and more use of my Hunters.  C'est la vie.

Se que he dejado de escribir algunos días, me di una vacación de mi portátil.  Bueno, sí que jugué un poco al Sims, pero me alejé de formularios, escritura de novela, emails, y el sitio del web de inmigración.

Hoy yo daría lo que sea para tener trabajo.  Casi cualquiera tipo de trabajo.  Es duro buscar algo para “distraerme” cada día.  Parece un sueño hecho realidad, pero es terrible y solo quiero ir de compras.  Mi pobre esposo.  Gracias a un esfuerzo puedo decir que no he cedido a mi adicción a comprar por muchas días.  La semana pasada, sin embargo, yo me compré pinta uñas con purpurina del color índigo en Walmart mientras debería haber estado buscando comida del perro.  ¿Porqué han puesto esas cosas tan cercas?

La clase de alemán, la que he estado esperando emocionada, fue cancelada por causa de gases tóxicas en el edificio.  Lo que me parecía raro fue los dos policías guardando el edificio dede adentro para que no nos entramos.  Y la lluvia ha empezado.  El Canal del Tiempo ha puesto una “Declaración Especial del Tiempo” que dice que eso fue “el primero periodo fresco sostenido...tiempo húmedo del otoño seguirá por mucho del la semana que viene.”  O sea, que no habrá trabajo en el jardín que parece cementerio de plantas, menos montar en bici, y mas uso de mis Hunters (botas).  C’est la vie.