Last week I wrote about the maddening process of applying for a visa.
You'll be happy to know that this week the necessary papers finally arrived at our door. We sent everything to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago on Tuesday and it arrived in Chicago on Wednesday. We called to make sure I would have my passport back before we fly out, and we were told that indeed it should return to us within a few days. In fact the visa is scheduled to arrive before 3:00pm today.
The moral of the story? If you have important documents to send, go with FedEx or UPS, because the United States Postal Service is about as slow as molasses in January.
Just for the record, we leave in 18 days. You read that right, eighteen.
Today is my last day at my job. This marks an incredibly bitter sweet moment for me. I am saying goodbye to those who are close and dear to me and going to my other family - my in-laws overseas. It is always a good reminder to me when I hear Rex say "We're going home" rather than just "We're going to Taiwan." I have to remember that Taiwan is to me a home I don't yet know, and it has been Rex's home. My home, Wisconsin, is for him a home away from home, and a home where he will always be welcomed back.
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