Our visa applications were denied!
In other words, we didn't get our visas due to insufficient evidence of necessary elements to be granted visas. HOORAY!
Also, I got a speeding ticket in Louisiana! And we had to drive from San Antonio to Houston at 11:00 pm after our 15 minute meeting with the Consular official turned into a six hour meeting! On top of that, we didn't get to see Varnon or Ian while we were in Texas. So, all-in-all, it was a great trip!
We're trying a few last ditch efforts to get some sort of visa so that we didn't just waste thousands of dollars and three months of our lives.
On the bright side, I probably won't have to renew this domain next year.
TALK TO YOU LATER!
Friday, August 14, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Sort of Pointless, But isn't that the Point of a Weblog?
We spoke with David M. Gratta today and he is excited to see us and see our visas materialize. He also seems very confident that our applications will be accepted. That's cool. However, we still have a few last minute things to take care of (e.g. making copies of everything, getting my mom's affidavit notarized, putting everything in envelopes, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera). We have an in-person meeting with David M. Gratta Tuesday night at the Hilton in downtown San Antone. So, we'll be headed to Mobile tomorrow for a night of party-time-friend-time-hangout with the Andersons. This will also help break up the extremely long haul to TexasLand. Hooray!
Friday, August 7, 2009
Our Plan So Far
Hello again.
We are in Lawrenceville, GA at Lou's parents house, but will be leaving today.
This is our plan so far (and it seems to change every few days):
We leave Lawrenceville tonight and head for Jacksonville, AL. There we will have a brief visit with my family and snag some stuff from our storage unit in Anniston. Sunday, we'll head to Spanish Fort, AL and chill with Doug and Amy. Monday, we'll drive to Houston, TX and sleep at my great uncle's house. Tuesday, we'll drive to San Antonio, hand off our papers to Dr. David M. Gratta, turn around, and drive back to Houston. I've embedded a map for fun's sake:
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Our return to Houston is where the planning has stopped. We face a dilemma while in Texas and it is this: We have friends in Denton and College Station, and we would like to see Austin. That takes gas, gas costs money, money costs money, and we're running on empty right now. Follow? But, I'm thinking, we're already all-the-way-the-hell-out in Texas. What's a few more hours/dollars in the car? Amirite? What are your thoughts?
Well, it's always awkward for me to end posts on this blog.
Bye.
We are in Lawrenceville, GA at Lou's parents house, but will be leaving today.
This is our plan so far (and it seems to change every few days):
We leave Lawrenceville tonight and head for Jacksonville, AL. There we will have a brief visit with my family and snag some stuff from our storage unit in Anniston. Sunday, we'll head to Spanish Fort, AL and chill with Doug and Amy. Monday, we'll drive to Houston, TX and sleep at my great uncle's house. Tuesday, we'll drive to San Antonio, hand off our papers to Dr. David M. Gratta, turn around, and drive back to Houston. I've embedded a map for fun's sake:
View Larger Map
Our return to Houston is where the planning has stopped. We face a dilemma while in Texas and it is this: We have friends in Denton and College Station, and we would like to see Austin. That takes gas, gas costs money, money costs money, and we're running on empty right now. Follow? But, I'm thinking, we're already all-the-way-the-hell-out in Texas. What's a few more hours/dollars in the car? Amirite? What are your thoughts?
Well, it's always awkward for me to end posts on this blog.
Bye.
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