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wayfaringwordhack Aside from Soëlie getting sick, I feel like it has been raining blessings on our household for the past few weeks.
While I was having a wonderful time in the States, J was training for the embassy service. He did so well that his instructors invited him to participate in a second, more specialized training.
Also, he got a call from a union friend who gave him a heads up that we are MOVING TO BORDEAUX!!!!!!!!
The "99.99%" in the subject line is because the official telegram hasn't been published yet, but still, MOVING!
I don't know if exclamation points can express how excited about this I am. J is fed up with the place we are in now and has been saying that he refuses to spend another winter in this apartment. This official move for work means that we will a) get to find a better home, b) won't have to come back to Sancerre for a 3rd time after J returns from his embassy missions, c) will get to discover another region of France.
So hip hip hooray!
Oh, he starts work in Bordeaux Sept 1st, so that means we are going to have a very busy summer. At the end of June we'll go to Bordeaux to house hunt, and then we'll drive straight to Carcassonne for a family wedding on July 2. Sunday the 3rd we have to come back home because from the 4th-9th, Julien has another training in Rouen.
Between house hunting and packing, I have to apply for S's US citizenship before moving further away from Paris (just easier to get it down when Paris is only 2hr drive away).![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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sunflower_sky , you were both right; all I have to do is file a Consular Report of Birth Abroad. I do have to go in in person with S, though, to get it validated.
And, remember that Sept 1st dealine I have for my finished draft of TBU? Yeah, that too...
While I was having a wonderful time in the States, J was training for the embassy service. He did so well that his instructors invited him to participate in a second, more specialized training.
Also, he got a call from a union friend who gave him a heads up that we are MOVING TO BORDEAUX!!!!!!!!
The "99.99%" in the subject line is because the official telegram hasn't been published yet, but still, MOVING!
I don't know if exclamation points can express how excited about this I am. J is fed up with the place we are in now and has been saying that he refuses to spend another winter in this apartment. This official move for work means that we will a) get to find a better home, b) won't have to come back to Sancerre for a 3rd time after J returns from his embassy missions, c) will get to discover another region of France.
So hip hip hooray!
Oh, he starts work in Bordeaux Sept 1st, so that means we are going to have a very busy summer. At the end of June we'll go to Bordeaux to house hunt, and then we'll drive straight to Carcassonne for a family wedding on July 2. Sunday the 3rd we have to come back home because from the 4th-9th, Julien has another training in Rouen.
Between house hunting and packing, I have to apply for S's US citizenship before moving further away from Paris (just easier to get it down when Paris is only 2hr drive away).
asakiyume and sunflower_sky , you were both right; all I have to do is file a Consular Report of Birth Abroad. I do have to go in in person with S, though, to get it validated.And, remember that Sept 1st dealine I have for my finished draft of TBU? Yeah, that too...
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Date: 19 Jun 2011 10:34 pm (UTC)Yay!
Date: 19 Jun 2011 10:37 pm (UTC)I'm glad we were right about the citizenship thing!
(And yeah, I'm going to be pushed to make that September 1st deadline too, but let's both keep trying)
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Date: 19 Jun 2011 10:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 20 Jun 2011 04:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 20 Jun 2011 06:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 20 Jun 2011 01:00 pm (UTC)I hope the little one is feeling better.
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Date: 21 Jun 2011 12:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 26 Jun 2011 08:23 pm (UTC)And cool beans on the citizenship for S being fairly easy to get. :-)
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Date: 29 Jun 2011 11:05 am (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 29 Jun 2011 11:08 am (UTC)I'm up to c7 of 17 on my reread (to prepare to fill in my gaping hole at the end); how are you doing?
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Date: 29 Jun 2011 11:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 29 Jun 2011 11:11 am (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 29 Jun 2011 11:13 am (UTC)I thought of you the other day when one of the young people on my friends list was talking about a three-year-old she babysits for who is mainly toilet trained but who must have a diaper on to poop. (Yuk) Not a problem you will have!
As for progress, not any since last I commented here -_- Paid work is keeping me too busy.... and then I do stuff like chill with Live Journal. I need to up my commitment.
I am glad you're pushing on!
(And when I get back in the saddle, I'll let you know...)
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Date: 29 Jun 2011 11:17 am (UTC)She is feeling better but is possibly teething which makes her needy and cranky. :(
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Date: 29 Jun 2011 11:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 29 Jun 2011 11:18 am (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 4 Jul 2011 10:12 pm (UTC)But, yeah, hooray for not having that problem with S!
(Please let me know when you are back in the saddle; we can commiserate over saddle sores. :P)
Re: Yay!
Date: 5 Jul 2011 11:32 am (UTC)(I've heard that psychological theory, but I find it *very* hard to believe)
Re: Yay!
Date: 5 Jul 2011 11:36 am (UTC)(And yeah, my reaction was, "oh, really?" Where do they come up with these things????)