My big To-Do list for this week (in no particular order):
- go to post office, mail Syl's package and the CD for Julie, Jen's stuff
- burn Nat's wedding onto CD for Nat and Nik, mail to both of them
- Shop Target: kitty litter, gel blush, airwick
- Contact that Jeff guy about refinancing the Home Equity line of credit
- Get a hold of broker to mail out Life Insurance paperwork
- Go to safe deposit box and get green card paperwork and passport
- Get new green card photos taken
- send mom and mother in law Mother's Day cards
- wrap Ryan and Nicole's wedding gift (it's huge, i'm not wrapping it...i'm getting Williams Sonoma to do that 'cause heck, that's what you're paying 'em for...although Ryan said he didnt' care if I wrapped it in free Babies R Us wrapping paper which i think would be super funny if i did that)
- Speaking of Ryan and Nicole...get a hold of their friend Candace for our surprise joke gift to them
- deposit that $340 check
So speaking of my green card...I'm officially permanent! Okay I guess pseudo-permanent...it's not officially done until I get that green card in the mail (which they said takes 6 months and I shouldn't leave the country during that time, yadda yadda the usual)...but they approved my permanent status and all I need is to go in and get a new card!
WOO HOOOOOOO!!!!
I'm so sick of immigration it's crazy (and FYI: I get super annoyed when they say "the day without immigrants"...it's "the day without illegal immigrants", there's a difference!! I didn't break the effing law and i've dedicated a boatload of cash and time and heartache into all of this!)...but fortunately this is the last step before US citizenship.
LOL this also means that I can divorce Kraig now :P
In order to avoid the usual questions:
1. No, simply marrying a US citizen does not automatically entitle you to a green card. You still have to get "permission" and if they don't think you've dotted your "i's" well enough, they can reject your application and deport you back.
2. No, I'm not a US citizen. I can't vote, I can't get a US passport, I can't become president. BUT..unlike when I was on a visa...I can apply for medicaire, unemployment, stuff that my tax money was funding but I was never eligible for.
3. When you get your green card through marriage, it's a "conditional" green card...meaning you have to stay married and prove you're legit for 2 years after the initial application (this is key...i'm coming up on my 3rd year of marriage but that means nothing, it's all based on when they decided to file your paperwork).
After 2 years, you apply to remove the "conditional" sentencing by providing every document under the planet from utility bills to home purchase paperwork to tax filings....
4. I'll feel a whole lot better when I get my green card in the mail in 6 months.
5. No, the green card is not green.
Effing right I'm going to wear my Canadian Girls Kick Ass tank top when I go to the bureau in 2 weeks :)
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