It Has Been A While

A lot has happened since the last time I have written. 


Last February, my monkey #4,sent me a text message, saying he needed me to come get him. And I did!! It has been wonderful having him here with me and I love love LOVE having him live with me! I did not want to leave my baby monkey#5, and that part was painful. (I am trying to not sound emotional now, so using was: IS) However, my monkey4  and I have much needed bonding time and I have been loving him home! I hope he has been loving it, too. (I am sure he has!) 

Also, in this past three months, I has been looking for a full time job, something that could give me full time hours, insurance, the whole thing. So, I applied all over the place, and I also went onto "LinkedIn" to see where and which companies were hiring, and then I would go onto those webpages (to avoid all the emails that I hate)  and make a profile, then apply at the companies and positions. I went onto the Ritz-Carlton. It was there that I realized that the Ritz-Carlton is owned by Marriott! Furthermore, the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott reservations and customer care are located in Salt Lake City! Therefore, I applied to the Ritz-Carlton Reservations department in Salt Lake City, and on February First, I got a phone call which was my first interview, and passed it! I went to the Ritz-Carlton job interview and I  was offered a job as a Customer Care and Reservations! So, after 5 weeks on intense training and and other two weeks of taking reservations, and I can not believe that it's only been seven weeks since I have been working for Ritz Carlton. I love it there. in the 3 weeks I have been on the phones I have made $399,586 for the company which is pretty good for someone that has not been working for the company for very long. I do want to do really well. I must say. Because I want some of the incentives pay-out.


I now have a full time job, and in a month health insurance, what more do I want??? Oh, yeah, my husband here and my daughter here. All things must wait, but it will happen. 

Oh, The Adventures.

So. Last September, my Monkey #2 called me and told me she wanted to come see me and visit her friend since high school, and asked me if her and her little mini monkey can stay with me. Of Course it was a thrill! Monkey #2 and mini monkey came and they were here for three weeks! They arrived a couple days before Thanksgiving and so my sister and her kids living an hour North of us were able to visit! We sure had fun! Then, Monkey 2 got to visit her friend every weekend she was here and stay with us from Friday-Sunday and that was really fun to see them together! At the time I was working for U.P.S. (Another story for another day) And so I would take her to the park to let her play and I would sleep while she played with the mini monkey. We would go do fun things together, when I was not working. it was a glorious time.
While she was here, I discovered that my daughter is going to have a baby AND she is getting married in June! On June 13th to be exact! How wonderful! 
On December 11th Monkey and her little one (We call each other toot toots) had to go back home. It was hard for me to say good bye, and hard for me to even let them go back, but, I was brave and waited until they could not see me before I drove away in my car (yes, you read right... I got a yellow canary colored cute little car) and drove away... And cried and cried. 

The couple days after Christmas Monkey #1 came to visit me. Oh that was wonderful, too! He could not stay long. But when he did come it was joyful and wonderful. it was great for both of us. 
I was able to see his father for a couple of minutes, and Thank him for driving my monkey boy to come see me (See, he was going to come up for school, and decided to not go this Semester and then decided to go to B.Y.U. this fall) And so, his dad drove him up to Northern Utah, just for the only purpose to visit me. His father stayed in a Monastery, while my monkey boy stayed with me. We had such a wonderful time, #1 and I! We talked, went to a couple of restaurants, and walked around town. We visited old old friends... He had a friend that he had known since 1994. They were friends in Church and then went to school together. When we moved to New Mexico, they remained friends and we would come to visit them, he would stay with his friend. His friend's mother and I were also friends! She is such a sweet person and so wonderful! I have adored her throughout the years. She is one friend that would truly continue to always be a friend of mine! Anyhow, we went and visited my son's parents. My friends. And It was so wonderful. We all  loved it. Come to find out, her husband and a friend of mine that I also adore up here, in this little town, work together at the Air Force Base! What a small small world! 

My #1 monkey left a day before New Year, and I had to rush to work. But, I have to admit, when I came home from work, I saw that my monkey #1 was not home, and my husband is not here and all my other monkeys are not here, I cried. It is lonely,and hard being alone. I miss my monkeys and husband terribly. 

Anyway, I got the time of my life just a week ago! 

My monkey #3 came to visit me for a couple of days! Oh gosh! It was marvelous! We went to my friends restaurant, we went to brunch in SLC and we just hung out and talked... Oh I loved every second of every moment with each of the visits I had with my monkeys. I loved it. 
I also got to take monkey#3 to the airport in the afternoon, and decided to visit my cousin out near Ikea. This cousin of mine is a cousin on my dad's side of the family. She is a DEAR and always has been! I just adore her so very much. You know those type of cousins or friends that you can have time pass and not see each other but then, get together and literally pick up from where you left off? Yes, this is my cousin and I. Oh, how much I love her. It was such a lovely visit. I met her husband, I met her child, and just was able to connect with her. I headed home, and my monkey sent me a text message telling me she arrived at her destination safe and sound and actually had a such a wonderful time. I loved it. I loved that she, and my other monkeys that came all had a wonderful time.

Monkey #4 wrote me some series of text messages that were so sweet and so supportive of my husband coming here. he wants my husband here because he values that a man is so good to me and loves me and wants us together. I get this same message from all the kids I have. Family is the best. My family is the ultimate best. Now, just to get my husband here... 

More to come.

I Realized It's. Been Long

I didn't realize that it has been quite sometime since I have written. There is so much to fill in, and so I will have to start with the important things. (This is a good time to get yourself a cup of hot chocolate or coffee or tea, and read as I start with my husband, LongRock.)
 So, I was supposed to do a bunch of things in order to have my husband come here. I then needed to apply for my husband to come. All of which I was not only able to accomplish but  I did. (Thanks Dad, for loaning me the money to show the government I can afford LongRock to come here!) 
  So last August I sent off the Application for a I-130 Visa (this is a visa for spouses) I then got a letter from them telling me they received the papers I sent. I then, a week later, sent them the application and papers needed for a K-3 visa for spouses. This one is supposed to help my husband come here faster than the I-130. 

The one doesn't cancel out the other, in fact, which ever one is processed first, will take priority, and sometimes they say that the K-3 visa is faster, and allows the spouse come here while waiting for the I-130. We will see which one comes. The Government has put lots of things on hold because of the executive order for allowing Illegal Aliens to be legal. this is actually not good news for the Illegal Aliens. This actually made things be somewhat of a stand still. 

So, I have been trying to get onto the webpage and look up my husbands status. Really, it is frustrating when the U.S. Government are the worst webpage fixers, as bad as a third world country. I am sure that third world countries actually have webpage masters that are better at maintaining a webpage better than whomever our government uses. So, when I call them to ask specifically for my husbands status, I get the same thing... Let me look... Oh, the page is down (REALLY? you get paid to tell me what I know?!) And then the all famous, Let me see what the page says of the length to let you know when we are supposed to tell you anything. ... Oh, it says five months to the day that we received the application. I say, Ummm, yeah... But I really need to know something... You have to wait. We have five months. Guess what, U.S.C.I.S? that date is a week from TOMORROW... Are you READY?!?!