Next Summer Greek

Was just talking to Dennis this weekend and discovered that people don't know the latest news; I can go back to LTSS to be a Greek teaching assistant next summer! All I need to do now is attend a couple of courses in the spring and keep my Greek "skillz" up. Yippee! Looking forward to this, much.

Events recap

The busy last half of the week went off relatively hitch-free. The missions conference started on the 23rd in the evening and we attended a potluck and chatted with people at our table about what we're planning on doing. On the 24th, I went with Rob to the church where he had a men's breakfast at 7AM and left him there while I got coffee and primped for the fashion show at 10AM. I had straightened my hair with Lyn's flatiron the night before, trying to get my indelible waves offa my head; it lasted through the night.

The ladies' brunch and fashion show was fun. Wished Rob could have been there not only to see me running around all dolled up but to help me present. When I get all excited, I lose track of where I'm at in the presentation sometimes. Perhaps I end up saying what needs to be said. I hope so. We spoke together at the evening service at Trinity Lutheran.

Went back to Trinity on Sunday morning and spoke again at the 8:15AM service. We then biffed off to Redding Christian Fellowship for the rest of the morning. Pretty tired by the afternoon, we must say. We topped that off with a nice lunch with the Rostens (Steve & Kati plus Jesse & Lyn), followed by packing when we got home. We aimed to leave pretty early on Monday morning but quit packing at dinner time, took the rest of the evening to unwind and hang out with Steve & Kati.

Fashion show

Yay! I got in! I'll be wearing a nice pair of jeans with a multi striped shirt and purple velvet jacket for the casual section. I also have a formal outfit to wear; black Hollywood-glam shape with a black beaded capelet. Too cute. Too bad that Rob can't be there for the show. They promise to get pictures for me, though. :)

Documents for my citizenship application

Here is what I need to accumulate over the next 3 months:

• tax returns
• leases
• bank account statements
• marriage certificate
• proof of Rob's citizenship; birth certificate or photocopied inside of front cover and signature page of his passport

Not too hairy ... nothing like the last application. If I get everything ready to mail as soon as January hits, I should be able to complete this whole thing some time next summer. It would be nice if the Interview and Oath ceremony could happen while Rob is in country. LBT is talking about him going for an internship in Namibia during May and June of 2006. The Seattle, WA INS office is currently processing citizenship applications (form N-400) filed on May 10, 2005. Given the current processing times of citizenship applications, mine will be processed sometime in May 2006 if I file right away in January.

Here's the address where my application will need to be sent when complete:

USINS Nebraska Service Center
Attention N-400 Unit
P.O. Box 87400
Lincoln, NE 68501-7400

Why am I posting that? I don't know. Just looked up the information and thought I'd throw that in there, for future reference.

Linguist joke

A woman was in labor with her first child. Things were going pretty well
when suddenly she began to shout, "Shouldn't! Couldn't! Wouldn't! Didn't!
Can't!" The husband asked, "Doctor, what's wrong with my wife?"
"Nothing. She's just having contractions."