The Visa Journey

So I sent off my I-130 package! Now the anxiousness starts. I guess it can take 8 or 9 months on average for him to get his visa, and that is if everything goes smooth. I already had a bump in the road, (signed the line below the one I was supposed to!) and they sent it back, so I lost 10 days and 10 dollars. Oh how maddening this process is! I should just move to India! If I didn't love this island so much....

Cute Husband

Last night on Skype, Husband and I were chatting about bikram yoga, and about Bikram himself. I told husband that he is going to try it with me, fall in love with it, and then go to teacher training and then we will open a studio. He said we will open our own studio, and...
Husband: "We will call it DJ Yoga"
Me: "Oh our initials! How nice that you put my initial first!"
Husband: "Females always come first."

Haha!!! What a well trained husband! :)

Today he is heading for Mumbai for the Ganesh Chaturthi Puja festival. http://vamtantra.com/ganesh-chaturthi-puja-daan-september-2011.html
 I miss him already!

Oh yeah, I have a blog...

Updates...
 Still working on the Visa paperwork. Should have it ready to go next week...

I am picking up shifts at my old job and have been pretty busy. Just waiting for someone to move or quit so I can move on in! Although Red thinks I should apply at her work. We shall see. I am still somewhat waiting for the universe to point me in the direction I should go. Not wanting to make any more impulsive decisions for a while!

Bikram Yoga! I am doing a 30 day challenge. I love this yoga. Have been doing it for 10 years, and it will be a part of my life forever. So I think I should do the teacher training already. If I do, then I can teach in India! We all know that I cannot live in India unless I have something to do. So I am planning on going to the training in the spring, which is right around the time husband should be here if all goes well...

Husband is awesome. I love skyping with him every morning and night. He has "met" a lot of my friends and family this way. And wherever I stay, I like to take the computer around and show him the environment. I showed him the beach and he asked, "Where are all the babes in bikinis?" I think that is what he is most excited about when he comes to this island. Seeing all the flesh. :) My friend Red has decided that Husband is going to join the canoe club and be a paddler. Husband says, "that sounds fun, but I have to learn to swim first!" There will be so much for him to learn about life in this country, on this island.

I don/t have much to say, and I gotta go to yoga, but I have to post every once in a while to be able to say that I have a blog. :)

Question...

Here's a question for anyone that has done the visa thing...

I am filling out these forms (i-130, g-325a) and I am wondering if anyone knows if I can use my PO Box number? I am couch surfing right now until I can afford to get an apartment, so I don't have a physical address. Any thoughts?

Home!

I am going back to my island!!!! Yay!!!!

After the 2 months in India, I stayed on the mainland, doing all kinds of road trips, reunions, and continuing education in the Pacific Northwest, and it is way too cold!!!! I was trying to stay here until September or so, but I can't handle the weather anymore!!!

So it is time to go home, get a job, (or my old job back), a place to live, and start the immigration process for my sweet husband. It has been very nice spending some time with his aunt and uncle who own the best Indian restaurant I have ever eaten at, and I have been very blessed that they have fed me and made me feel welcome, especially as I have been jobless for almost 5 months and am broke, broke, broke!!!

I tried so hard to catch up with old friends and their new babies, but there are still a lot of people that I didn't get to see. Please don't hate me if I didn't get to catch up!!! I spent a lot of time out of town, and it was hard to work around everyone's schedule.

It was fun skyping Husband while I was with old friends so they could "meet" each other, and now Husband has faces to put with the names.

My favorite part of this summer was all of the time on the road. Living on an island doesn't allow for long, unknown car journeys, and I tried my best to always take roads I haven't been on before. (Kind of like I am living my life right now!!!) The exploring and discovering and conquering has made me feel like myself again- the girl I was before I impulsively married and dropped everything to live in India. Sometimes I amaze even myself. :)

So, now I am going home. Back to paradise. Back to my wonderful job, my fantastic yoga and my favorite bar. I cannot wait to see all of my island friends and hear about what they have been doing the last four and a half months!

Aloha!!!

Happy Birthday to my wise, witty, wonderful life partner... If we didn't live on separate continents, I would give you a hug!

Today is my beautiful, far away husband's birthday!!! I got to wish him Happy Birthday on FB twice- once on his day in India, and then his day here in the US. He is 12.5 hours ahead of me in this northwest city, and 15.5 hours ahead of my island time... On skype, I asked him if he was going to do anything special, but he didn't think so. Hmmm... I would like to buy him ice cream!! Someday, someday.... 

I cant believe it is already June.....

 My husband informed me that he fell off his balcony. Ouch! I guess he was in enough pain to need to go to the doctor and get some medication. On skype, it hurt to see him groan and make faces as he shifted and adjusted his aching back into a more comfortable position.

 Oh babes, wish I was there to take care of you!

 This is what's frustrating about a long distance thing. What if he had cracked his skull and bled to death? Who would've called me? How would I handle trying to get to India while grieving? And what kinds of pieces would be left of me if my man was taken from me before we even got to live together? Hmmmm...

 Since the visa thing is stalled at the moment, and I am jobless, I don't really have much to write about, and the highlight of my day is the twice daily phone calls or skyping with him.

 It isn't fun being a single wife.