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Friday 6 June 2008

Chunkey Monkey time!

By Yoko on Friday 6 June 2008, 23:15

We use to see in some T.V Shows girls eating ice creams when they feels bad...


Most of the time I'm OK, even when I'm feel bad, because of my weight obsession I wont eating extra calories.

BUT!

Today I need my "pêché mignon", today I need my Chunkey Monkey!!!!

And as I'm writing this post I'm eating Chunky Monkey ice cream. Why?

'Cause I'm tired to have nothing to answer when peeps asking me about immigration.
Like today...

At the morning, I go with Gally at school, we crossed another mum...  :
 
She: "How're you doing, I heard that you'll move in th U.S, what a great journey! So When you'll move exactly?
Me : "Hummmm, you know I'm still waiting from the immigration, soon I think, but I don't really know right now..."

and blah blah blah...

Later in the day... My boss..

Him : "Hey Chantal (OK, now you know, Yoko is only my famous name :p), what about your visa journey? Did you have news? When you'll give me your notice?"
Me : "Awwwwwwwwww.... pffffffffffffff.... You know... As soon as possible, I can tell you'll know it when I'll know it."

At bit later as I was doing some shopping near home, I met Michelle, a Gally's school educator..:

She: "Hey, What's up? Blah blah, blah blah... When you'll move?"
Me : "I'm still waiting about immigration, but, you know it's normal, it use to be like that, but I have good hope to move at early september... blah blah..."

I want to say to the peeps :
"We're approved, I have my visa interview at the ambassy next week and I'll move next month!"

So right now I cant.... to make me feel better this evening... CHUNKY MONKEY!

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Wednesday 21 May 2008

La la la la la la la la

By Yoko on Wednesday 21 May 2008, 21:17

La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la

I just can’t get you out of my head
Boy your lovin’ is all I think about
I just can’t get you out of my head


...


We all know that song :)

And I can tell I can't get my Love out of my head, and I don't want to get my Love out of my head.

But right now I try every day to get that wait out of my head. Again and again and again... Its hard.
93 days waiting now.
It's the reason I don't posted yesterday.
You know, being online for the blog, makes me able to check U.S.C.I.S website and stuffs... and as I see no change right now it makes me feeling... down.

Well, Yesterday, after my usual tasks. I choose to turn of my comp and go to bed with my book. Getting lost in the story helps me to forget all of that, reading 'till I'll fall asleep...

It's my way to forget these last days.I really start to get crazy about that.

...

As I'm writing and thinking about that I start to feel down. Tomorrow is another day. I will feel better.

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Monday 28 April 2008

Day 70

By Yoko on Monday 28 April 2008, 16:06

What's new today.


Nothing about immigration... so... It's normal.

What else? About my last week to do list.
Almost all done! Just I was unable to go to the doctor on Friday. Some problems on my metro line (they said fire), it took me 2 hours to get back home. It was to late for the doctor.
I will go tomorrow.

About this week, right now I don't know. Only 3 working days, I hope the weather will be nice at the end of the week.

And as a Monday, i feel down, I miss my Love...

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Tuesday 22 April 2008

To do list this week

By Yoko on Tuesday 22 April 2008, 10:50

Even if I don't know when I will move a this time

I must think of certain things and i still have to keep me busy as possible!

  • Skating every day with Gally.
  • Posting at least once a day on the blog.
  • Call SFR to know how I'll have to cut my cellphone account when I'll need to do it, cause   my account is until May 2009.  DONE
  • Call my doctor to have an appointment for my second immunization shots. Done on Wednesday , have to go there Friday at 6pm
  • Call my dentist to have an appointment for regular care. Done on Wednesday , have to call back on April 28, he's in vacation.
  • Appointment with a mover on the 23 for estimation. Done, the guy was really nice, will see what they'll propose
  • Don't check every hours my timeline and the U.S.C.I.S website.
  • Don't go shopping, even if it will make me feel good spending money, keep your money.

Not so bad. Beside what I have to do as usual every day, I will be pretty busy.

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Monday 21 April 2008

Another day, another week... waiting

By Yoko on Monday 21 April 2008, 11:40

Up and down, up and down... and down... and down...


Its how I feel today. I feel like it will never append. I know its not true but its so long... too long.

63 days today that we sent our petition and it will be something like 60 days more before we'll hear something from the U.S.C.I.S.

I know it. But, even if I know it, I hate that it takes so long. It hurts so bad being far apart.

You know, it's not being far apart and you know when you'll be in your love's arms.

No, we don't know when...

Maybe I feel bad today, 'cause it's Monday. Back to work on a rainy and gray day. I hope I'll feel better later.

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Sunday 20 April 2008

Killing time... killing time...

By Yoko on Sunday 20 April 2008, 17:09

I still to keep me busy as possible.

So, i have to do all i use to do.
I do the blog.
And I try to find new cool things to do.
Like... skating!

No no, I'm not going crazy. Ok I'm going crazy about the immigration wait. So I try new things.

I know my Love likes skating. He told me about that.

So, as springtime is finally arrive (I mean, we can go outside now without wearing a warm jacket, a big scarf and gloves), why not trying skating?

And then, since yesterday, Gally and I we try skating. Behind our apartment's  building, there is a quiet and safe place. We decided to train every days. Like that when we will move to join my Love, we will be ready to have family skating rides.

I have to tell, right now we're not ready, but we have a goal and we will get it!

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Wednesday 16 April 2008

"C'est vraiment trop injuste"

By Yoko on Wednesday 16 April 2008, 09:58

"C'est vraiment trop injuste" is what say Calimero all the time something wrong happens to him.
It's the French version, I'm not sure how I have to translate it.

    * It's not fair

    * It's not right

What do you think?


So, why I feel like "C'est vraiment trop injuste" today? Why i feel like Calimero?

I told you already about that great website : Visa Journey, on that website you can setup your own timeline. Its a tools who give you an estimated date about when you'll receive probably your NOA2.
It's not something official as it work with what the other users filled on their own timelines, so if some users start a timeline and never come back on the website to update it, it will has effects on all the others timelines.
But even if you know that it's something non official, that it's maybe something really wrong, in that kind of situation, you feel good to see an information who tell you when maybe you'll be approved.

Those last days I was really happy checking my timeline, 'cause the date change often and in a good way. Like, you know, when i filled my timeline for the first time it says that I will maybe being approved at August 20, and some days ago it was July 23, it makes me feel so good.

And this morning when I checked it says : August 1... :(
It makes me feel bad.

I need my love, i need to be in his arms, i need a hug, i need a kiss...

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Monday 14 April 2008

Preparing to move...

By Yoko on Monday 14 April 2008, 20:00

It is something i was not really thinking at the start.

But after some times, I'll try to figure out how to do that.


First, I checked my apartment, its not big... only 50 square meters. I live there with my 5 years old daughter.
We don't have so much and by the way I don't gonna to move some stuffs like wash machine, fridge, dryer, stove...

So just like that i was thinking that i have around 20 cube meters to move. I went to some movers websites to have an estimation.
When i received the answers I was : OUCH !!!!

Most of them asked for around 6000 Euros for the move.

So i decided to let a mover visit my apartment to do a right estimation... they said 16 cube meters and that one asked for around 7000 Euros.

Oh God i like what i have but not at that price. Then i decided to keep only clothes, books, cds, dvds and some stuffs. I will try to sell my furnitures on ebay.

Next week another mover will come at home to estimate how many boxes it will need. Before that I try to sort what i can already give or put in the trash.

I hope that it will be not to expensive.

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What about your work when you know that you'll quit

By Yoko on Monday 14 April 2008, 12:18

Its a bit weird as you're shared between different feelings.

First, you thank God to have that work, as it makes you busy and it helps to kill the time. I'm pretty sure if i was not working, waiting at home i gonna to be more crazy about the wait that I'm already. Even if i was not in that wait mood, I'm the kind of person who need to work.

Second, you can do what you want, you loose taste to work, 'cause you'll think that if you was not working you'll have more time to do all the stuffs you have to do. I know, what I say right now is a bit contradictory. But its true.


Third, ... In my case, you'll start to hate your work. Why? 'Cause I'm French and in France we get a lot of really good laws about work. Laws protect the workers and the employers. You can't be fired easy in France... but you can't quit easy either. I mean I will have to give a 3 months notice to my employer. I can't do it now, because I don't know when I will be approved and so when I will get the visa, and I can't take the risk to be without work, without money for weeks or months before I'll get the visa. I have to wait to have the NOA2 (approval) before I can quit, it makes me upset as I know that it will makes the process a bit longer for me.


I told you... nothing is simple or maybe it's just me :p

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To kill time.

By Yoko on Monday 14 April 2008, 11:13

As i told you in my last post i have time to kill...

Yes, we sent our petition on February 18 2008... so exactly :
1 month, 3 weeks & 6 days ago a this time.
And we probably don't gonna to have news before June if we're lucky.


So i have time to kill... 'cause even we use to say that the tome go too fast. In that case you have the feeling that the time stopped.

Oh, you can ask stuffs like : "You have nothing to do in your life?"

Oh yes, i have a lot to do. I work full-time, i have a 5 years old daughter and a 20 years old daughter, i have a cat also, i have to organize my move, i have to think about the wedding... etc...
But, in that situation, nothing is simple.

When you know that you'll quit your work ASAP, do you think really that you will have taste or motivation for your work? NO.
You are there and you think all the time that you would like to be already with your love.

Organize the move... i will tell you later... you'll see.

Preparing the wedding... hmmm quite the same than for the move, i have a lot to say about that.

So even you're really busy and you have a lot to do. You can't stop to think that your far from the love of your life and its really hard.

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