I heart immigration

It sounds like a cliche.  No actually, some tell me - it sounds kind of sad.  LOL.  But - there's just something about it that makes my heart skip a tiny beat.  I'm a geek, I know - but I don't care.  It's a perfect little microcosm that just sits and waits for you to figure it out.  And just when you think you have - WHAM!  You figure something ELSE out which, in its minutia, changes everything you thought you knew.  It's like a paperwork carnival ride of sorts.

I could hardly contain myself when we went to Memphis for Chas' natz interview.  My only regret was that I couldn't go back to the interview room with him and see all the fabulousness back there.  Even the supposedly benign fingerprint appointment was fodder for fun.

Oh and while I'm thinking about it - one other awesome thing about immigration - the slang terms and acronyms.  Natz.  ROC. ACS.  IJ.  IO.  AOS - which actually could be either Adjustment of Status or Affidavit of Support. :)   Isn't that great???

Now that we're done, I miss it like a long lost friend.  Oh sure, I still participate in my forums and there is some satisfaction found in helping others.  But it isn't the same as being IN the system, watching it march along perfectly, waiting for the next mailing (which brought it's own measure of giddiness).  Of course, it was my awesomeness that made it march along perfectly :) but still - it sat back stoically and let me be awesome.  Hugs.

See, I told you

I'm a bad blogger.  I haven't blogged since April 19th.  I think someone from the blog police is going to slap handcuffs on me.  And soon.

It dawns on me that I don't really have too much to say.  The Preds have still been playing, which as ever, is a bit like those drama masks of old.  The agony and the ecstasy (See, spell check had to handle that for me.).  Honestly it has been such a roller coaster that I about feel wrung out dry.  Maybe that explains the lack of a blog entry. 

Sunday is my first Mother's Day.  I hope it ends up being something more than just a regular ol' Sunday - but somehow, I'm thinking not.  LOL.  Life is just busy so it's another day to get things done I can't get done during the week.  But I am looking forward to spending time with my mom and my sister (two INCREDIBLE moms!) and the rest of my family on Saturday.  And also getting to take Beamer for possibly her first ever outing to 'Bark in the Park'.  Good times. 

So I remain a new mom and an mediocre blogger.  Not too shabby in the grand scheme of things.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there - and that includes you with furbabies.  :-)