Mr Innes signed for packet 3 this morning. I’ll need to call perhaps Friday and see if it’s been logged. This part scares me. I’ve seen them have packets for almost a month before it gets logged. Once it’s logged the chances of getting an interview increase.

The only thing i am sure of right now is that it probably wont be in the month of February. They finished scheduling those last week. I dont understand how one of many US consulates in the world can be so far behind. I know they had staffing problems last summer and the trouble with catching up on the backlog could be hard but PUT MORE EFFORT INTO IT DAMNIT! I’m thinking since we ended up with the slower service center and now the slower of the two consulates in Canada.. the world hates me. (:

All these years of waiting did not prepare me for the stress i feel about this whole process. I’ve never been a good waiter anyway, so this is just playing havoc with my nerves. All good things come to those who wait blahblahblah. That shit aint do nothing for me right now.

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i got packet 3 either Wednesday or Thursday. I am not sure on the day because i wasnt expecting it to come to the house here. i have it all filled out and it will be sent out Monday after i sign my house back over to my mother.

that in itself is a different story.. back to it in a moment

if there is one thing i am sure of it’s after filling out this paper work i am sure i will never forget the information i had to add. I am hoping that they make you fill out the same thing over and over again in hopes of catching someone in a lie – otherwise it’s freaking ridiculous!

As for the house thing? two years ago my mother had my childhood home put in my name to avoid losing it. After her divorce from my step father he filed for bankruptcy. In that whole situation this $40 000 line up credit came up. Apparently she signed it though she denies it and i am pretty sure she didnt actually do it, either. There are two signatures on this document… hers and my step fathers. Now i am no lawyer but i would think if someone is getting a 40 grand line of credit there would be some kind of bank persons signature on there.

The reason i am signing the house back over? It’s part of giving up ties to my beloved Canada *tear* heh. If you own property in this country you have ties… and we dont want ties .. because we dont want to pay taxes in two countries. When i go to the lawyer tomorrow i will also go to the bank. I currently have two bank accounts. I’ll keep one just in case. I have no debt so that is not an issue. Once i have better idea on when i’ll actually be heading south i will need to cancel MSI (health care) and other small things.

Little steps on my way out the door of Canada. It’s finally starting to feel real..

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I returned from my dads Tuesday. Had a fairly good trip but it really opened my eyes on what’s going on with him. He had a heart attack the end of November and has been off work since. He had an 80% blockage in one artery which cant be stinted ( is that really a word?) because it is so close to the main artery of the heart. Along with two other minor blockages. Therefore they need to fix/control this with meds. My father is what you would call a functioning alcoholic. I cant ever see him quitting. He smokes, he’s one of those smokers who smokes for two years quits for a year and starts up again. He has good cholesterol, but can suffer from high blood pressure but not all the time. He’s not a terrible eater but enjoys things high in bad fats.

In the last two weeks he’s had three spells, he went to the doctor yesterday and they think they have figured out what is causing the problem, a mixture of nitro spray and his adalat being too high. Every time he was feeling bad and would take a shot of nitro he’d end up feeling much worse. They figure the two of them are lowering his BP and sending him into these serious spells which in some causes could end up killing a person. Side note i didnt realize Viagra was originally given for high blood pressure but ended up having the “get up” and go effect.

Anyway, to make a long story short he’s still very shaky and gets weak quite easily. I’m hoping that with a change in his adalat it will help everything else.

It’s been a long time since i was really close with my dad. It’s only been in the last 5 or so years that things have slowly started bringing us back together. As awful as this may sound i used to think that if something happened to him it wouldnt bother me that much. However sitting by and watching this happen has really opened my eyes and i am not sure how i would cope with it

I’m scared that it going to take something much more serious to scare him into taking better care of himself. There is also the thought that what if something happens to him and i am not in the country. I have that fear with all my family but i guess up until recently i never figured him into that panic i sometimes i feel. I know lots of people live away from the their families and deal with crisis all the time.

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All is well in my neck of the woods but for some ungodly reason i am having me a blue day.

It’s not like anything is wrong, I think maybe i am just a little lonely. How can one be lonely when they live with two other people? How can one be lonely when they spend half their week with two other beautiful people?

It’s odd spending the majority of my day locked in my room, trying to entertain myself. I think i may have a case of the winter blahs.

In a no so different topic the US Embassy in Montreal received our petition on the 29th of December so i should be getting packet 3 in the mail soon. I need to fill out half a dozen forms and get some MORE passport photos. Three for my medical, two for my actual interview…. and one to be scanned for packet 3. The annoying thing about this is when you get passport photos you pay for two of them. Which is fine if i only needed two – I NEED five. which means i have to either pay the 45$ for six of them or get the normal two taken and scan and print off three more. This wouldnt be so bad if i had a scanner and printer. UGHAROO! I’ll deal but i am not enjoying the whole process right now.

Oh well, who knows what tonight will bring – hopefully some general hospital will improve my mood.

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