Mid-week

Well, I'm settled down a bit with this whole immigration thing. I talked to Jonnene last night and we agreed that the main thing was to get her here one way or the other. We both can deal with the other stuff later and we'll be fine in the end. Our lawyer is inquiring about which visa would be more useful to us since both were approved at approximately the same time. Either one will get her into the country...we just want to make sure we use the proper one and in the right order! I'd like for her to use only one of them, the permanent immigration visa, and cancel out that K3 visa.

I received a reply from my Congressman today (two days after I hand-delivered my letter to him) and his office had contacted the proper authorities at the US Consulate in Sydney, asking that they look into the matter and to send a report on their findings. His letter promised to keep me informed if any information comes up. I have rarely had to contact him (the only other time was to buy US flags that had actually flown over the Capital) during his terms in office but his office always replied promptly. You can't beat that kind of service....after all, I AM paying for it!

Started going through my chest of drawers to see what old stuff I need to throw out or turn into bike cleaning rags. I think I got rid of half the stuff in there! Some is actually being tossed away, saved as rags for cleaning stuff (did I mention my bike?), bagged to give to Goodwill, or bagged to give to the Salvation Army. I kept all my old LaS'port uniforms for historical reasons although the elastic in the legs of the shorts is dried up or melting/sticking to itself, making them useless for wearing unless you replace the elastic....that ain't gonna happen. There's still so much I need to get through before Jonnene gets here but it's good to do it. I'm at that point where I want less stuff around here to keep up with. Sometimes I'll have to be ruthless and when she gets here, more stuff might get tossed. I'm for that but I might have to fight for something at some point, I'm sure.

I'm hoping to get some upgrades to my computer sometime next week or the week after. I need about 1.5 gigs of RAM installed plus a CD/DVD player/burner (I bought it on Ebay) to be installed, along with a larger second hard drive to use as backup to my main hard drive. A guy I've known for several years will do the installation along with updated software, including System 10 for my Mac! I'll finally be in the 21st century!! The good thing is that my Mac G4 will be useful for two more years before I'll have to get a new machine with the Intel chips. I can spend time saving up the money during those two years.