Note To Future Self

We’ve finally broken down and done it. We hope this is a more effective way to keep in touch than mass emails or a family newsletter (I wanted to do a 16-page hand-copied-and-stapled zine, but Anna put the kabosh on that idea).

So here it is, bad default WordPress style and all. With any luck I’ll be able to spruce things up in my copious free time. Right.

As of right now, I’m just about done with my medical exams, Anna is getting ready to start hers. The only remaining major item on the checklist will be receiving our criminal records from the FBI. Hopefully they won’t need to charter a truck to haul Anna’s over here. We went to the local sheriff’s office to get fingerprinted and got the app sent in before Christmas. Getting a good fingerprint takes quite a bit of skill and effort. In the words of the Cabrillo college pre-cop trainee, “Gosh, I don’t know how anyone does this with someone who’s really drunk.”

In the best possible world, our medical and police records will get cozy right soon with a couple of work visa applications and take the short trip down to the Kiwi Konsulate in Los Angeles. Anna claims they’ve got a turnaround measured in days. Here’s hoping.