Trying to Replace My People

One of the tricky things when you move to a new place or a mainly to a new country is finding replacements for your people.

At home and over time we develop a list of people who we rely on a very regular basis. We all have our fabulous hair dressers, our amazing mani and pedi people and of course our waxing goddesses.

So the trick is when you move to a new place you have to try and find new people who are just as wonderful as the people you left behind. Of course you can go with word of mouth referrals which is generally the best idea but we all have our little things and the way that we like things done so finding people who will do this for us may be hard.

So although I know I will never be able to replace my amazing mani and pedi people or my beautiful waxing goddess I guess I have to try as these are necessities that a girl has to do, but then you also don’t want to mess around with things like waxing and trust to me is a major issue.

But I can happily say that I think I have found my new hair person and she made me smile today.

So I continue the search for my other people and this doesn’t even include doctors and dentists but the of course those are not my primary concerns.

The Immigration Sage – Complete for Now

So today my friend the post man delivered some wonderful news - I am officially a permanent resident of The United States of America.

It is not so much the fact that this has happened and happened so quickly that makes me happy but more a feeling of personal achievement for doing it all myself.

Some people said I was crazy and some people said I was brave but having decided to tackle it myself before hiring an immigration lawyer proved the best and cheaper way. So I have officially won my case without any questions or reviews and I now hole the card.

So I guess I am now just waiting for a social security number – I think I need one of those and I will be all set. This is of course until I need to renew the card in two years and then I assume the paperwork will start again.

Next step I believe is to remain a resident for five years and then America will decide whether I am good enough to be a citizen. I guess I had better start studying – yes I will have to take a test…

But until then I will relax and will try not to bug the poor souls at USCIS.