We are Family....

I am really excited! Why, you ask? Three reasons.

1) I am heading to Chicago this weekend and Jim and I are going to get a few more things checked off on our wedding to-do list. We will be doing our cake tasting, food tasting and we are meeting with the florist. But the best part is that this time we get to have our families involved. You see, this week is March Break (spring break for you Americans) and my whole family is coming up to the Chicago area with me. We are taking this opportunity for Jim's family and my family to meet. Our moms and my sister will be joining us for all of our wedding errands. Then on Sunday, our whole families (all siblings, nephews and parents included) will be going to brunch. It should be a great time.

2) I got word that we are cleared to schedule an interview! We have to go to a website and try to get an interview from the times they have available. The only problem is that there are no interviews available at this time. This is a common occurrence because they only open up a certain number of interviews at a time to keep it controlled and to not get too far ahead. Lucky for us, we have some time to wait, since the wedding is not until September and the interview is the last step of this part of the process to get me over to the USA. Hopefully new interview slots will open up soon. I am really excited that things are moving at the pace we anticipated.

3) I spent some time this week figuring out how certain things will work when I move countries. I was concerned with my life insurance and pension plans and what would happen to them. I contacted the agencies and they were very helpful and explained all I would have to do which is not as big of a deal as I thought it would be. So my stress levels surrounding these issues has decreased significantly.

Hope you all have a great weekend! :)