JustAnotherUserName's Blog – November 2008 Archive (3)

David has received his 10-year green card! It took just over three years. Obviously we're thrilled. It's like this enormous weight has been lifted off our shoulders.



My friend, Debra, married a Polish guy a couple years ago. She's 14 years older than him but there's no doubt in my mind that they're a "real" couple. He's lovingly taken on her two children; one of them has severe autism. Unfortunately, Immigration didn't believe them and he was deported to Poland last week. The… Continue

So LV is gone. We knew it was coming. We discussed it. We prepared for it.



Syd created it and we joined it :-)



Geez, folks...I mean, it's not like someone died, right? We have this place and a number of others where our friends are!! Let's keep this in perspective--it's not an earthquake, hurricane, tsunami or terrorist attack.



It's a different link we click now.



I know, I know....LV was important. It served a purpose. It was a community. We were part… Continue

I voted first thing yesterday morning. I always vote. The first thing I did when I moved to California was register to vote. I love jury duty, too. I'm weird that way :-)



After I voted, as I was walking to my car, for the first time I felt that I had accomplished something in that booth. I felt like I was voting for something that really mattered.



And last night, as David and Zach and I were watching the news, it was just so very exciting! Watching my 13-year old son get… Continue