There's good news and bad news. The good news is two-fold - First, P&S have their visas IN HAND already - and they are good for up to TEN YEARS! (Now I am hoping they like it here, but don't LOVE IT like I do and will therefore still be willing to exchange our houses back at the end of the year!) The other good news, David went to the consulate in Boston on Thursday, two weeks to the day after submitting our visa applications, and they were happy to inform him that our applications are complete, meaning they received our faxed-in documentation they had requested at our visit. Yes, David had to appear in person, in Boston, to simply find out if our fax was received. There is no such thing as calling or emailing the consulate about such matters.
The bad news is they still had NO indication if our visas will be approved and NO idea how long it will take to receive a reply.
So we continue to wait, praying the airfare prices don't skyrocket over the next two months. In actuality, it would be rather grand of God to make us wait for our visas because He is helping us get the best airfare prices we can. The Lord knows I will want to book our tickets ASAP once visas are in hand and that flights are ridiculous right now, so maybe that is what's going on.
In other news, our car's health is failing. This weekend we will be trekking to dealers in the area to see if the miracle of a high trade-in value will occur so we can get a new-used car before leaving the country. Seems silly, but we want to leave P&S with something that doesn't have a terminal disease which could claim it's life at any second. A mild exaggeration, but still. Hmmm. I guess the bad news was two-fold, too.
In summary, P&S's son could graduate from Dover thanks to the US awarding a 10 year visa to them, we don't have any visas of yet and our car is dying. At least life is never boring around here!
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