A Whole Nother Update

After much deliberation, we worked out a deal with the consulate since our last update. The deal is if we have X amount of dollars in our joint checking account and various notarized documents from the bank stating various things, then we would be considered for a six month visa. It was explained to us that the protocol would be, we get the papers, mail them to David M. Gratta in San Antonio, he mails them to the Consulate General in Miami, they mail them to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome, then they mail us our answer. So, now that you're up to speed, here's how our last week and half went:

We were in Birmingham for a few nights to coincide with the release of Cumulus, Issue No. 1, which went very well. Then we moved on to Jacksonville for a few more nights to take care of some business. We had been having some trouble acquiring the aforementioned dollar amount, but with some help we got that amount while in Jacksonville. We've been waiting to get the information and print-outs from our bank until our accounts were up to date, so we decided to try to handle that during our time in Jacksonville. We did. Since we had the right amount and the right documents, I called our friend David M. Gratta to get his current address. Well, he recommended that we e-mail him the papers first so he could review them before we spent 35 USD on postage. So we did. He called us about 3 hours later with some information that sounds pretty promising. That part will remain private until further notice.

Needless to say, we feel about 300% better than we did in our last update.

Stay tuned.