Well, the good news is that James is here (i.e. in the US). Thanks to all of you who sent thoughts and prayers our way! I managed to give myself a momentary heart attack on Wednesday by being in the wrong waiting area for James at the International Arrivals area at O’Hare and thus thought his “where are you” call was a “they aren’t letting me through” call – especially when I couldn’t hear anything of what he was saying and the call was almost immediately dropped. James now tells me that they don’t allow the use of cell phones until you are past customs and immigration. Had I known this earlier, I could have saved myself the heart attack.

The “we’re not quite sure what to do with this” news is that the 2nd Notice of Action from the Nebraska Service Center came through notifying us that our fiance visa petition was approved. We were expecting that when this letter came we would meet it with overwhelming joy, but the timing of it kind of throws things off. We’re still working out exactly what to do from here. Stay tuned for forthcoming information. This does make it likely that we will actually be getting married before October 22, however, there will be something on October 22 and we are going ahead with plans for that.

In October 22 wedding/celebration/whatever it ends up being planning news, we picked up the bridesmaid dresses today (those took 6 1/2 weeks to come in!) and also got all the paper for making the invitations. James is designing those and is doing quite a smashing job of it. I can’t wait to see them put together!

The saga continues. At least now we know that the U.S. wants James. Which is certainly happy news for me. 🙂