ARGHHH. SO FRUSTRATED. I am really beginning to wonder why ANYONE would want to immigrate to America. I've been up since 7 AM this morning trying to get through to an INS office. Of course they don't have phone numbers listed -- so you have to search and see if maybe someone posted a number on a website somewhere. Officially, INS offices don't have public phone numbers. HOW IS THAT LEGAL? They are a government agency?! WHY can I not speak to the person who is screwing with my life?!?!?
ARGH. Finally just called the 1-800 National Customer Service Center number and they suggested that Steve and I go to Arlington and speak to them in person. They said the Arlington office had no excuse for not approving Steve's paperwork -- especially since they've had the stuff for almost 70 days now. Argh. AGAIN -- why are we having to ASK them to do their JOB?!?!
I think talking about this just makes me more upset.
We bought our niece Charlotte (who lives in England) a little necklace yesterday. I guess we were feeling optimistic that we might actually be able to give it to her in person. Anyway -- the necklace is so cute! We got it at a little kiosk in the mall -- a guy wrote her name on a piece of RICE. Then they put the rice inside this tiny glass globe and it's attached to a necklace. Anyway -- you can actually see her name on the rice and it's just unusual. I think she'll like it -- when I was 9 years old I always loved unusual things with my name on them. We hope she likes it AND of course that we are able to give it to her IN PERSON.
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