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Ah! At last, an answer to the most-asked question to all emigrants ever: where will you go?
Since our NOA2 date, we’ve been busily exchanging e-mail with the National Visa Center, hoping to get the green card sorted asap. However, we had no idea where we’d end up yet, which made the whole ‘we will be moving-plan’ feel very shaky and somewhat unreal.
Until yesterday.
Beloved had signed up for three grad school programs. In order of his preference, those are located on the West Coast, on the East Coast and one in-the-middle-but-really-in-the-West.
Yesterday we heard that he has been admitted into his preferred program. Which means that – no matter what the other schools say: we’re going to California. California, baby! I mean, wow… It has jobs, it has public transit, it has diversity, culture and an ethic that (as far as I can see, at least) agrees with us. Not to mention food, national parks, lively communities for alternative lifestyles and the Best Excuse Ever for all the friends and family we leave behind to come visit us frequently.
Please excuse me while I am very proud of Beloved for being an Officially Recognized Smartypants and Generally Awesome Badass and while I have weird domestic daydreams about Pendleton blankets. Because that’s the one big thing I want when we establish US residency. I want to sleep under Pendleton blankets. Everything else I’ll thrift, dumpster dive (if no bedbugs, of course) or otherwise scrounge up, but a Pendleton blanket shall decorate our bed.
OMG this is so exciting. The East Bay! California! San Francisco?
Congratulations to beloved.
There really seems to be so much going on there. And the 60s counteculture kind of originated there. And sun! And Mexican food (which I know you guys like) and you will be close to Mexico too (that makes for great road trips). This is great news
Hahaha
Yes, there will be much awesome food. Must try more tamales! I’ll pass the congratulations along.
Besides, you’re going to California as well, right? Will that be in the second half of 2013? I forget..
It’s gonna be early May (first week and a half).
Oh and there is this Mexican girl (in NL) who makes tamales and they taste like Mexico. If you’d like I can give you her info… she does them upon request and at 2.50 EUR per piece it’s a good deal. Fully homemade, authentic…. and you can choose the filling (chicken, cheese, vegetarian, meat…)
OMG WOOHOOOOOO! SO happy for you guys and SO happy for us visiting-folks
AWESOME!!!
It’s great, isn’t it?
I love that we now get to make actual plans, too. No more waiting with no idea where we’ll end up. And I get to start reading up on rental laws in California..
I sure hope you’ll be able to come over, some time. Maybe when your husband has a conveniently located conference, or something!
I hope so too!! I really want to
Hooray for getting the preferred option! Well done to beloved!