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It'll either take a decade, or a substantial amount of money.
Wow, that's a long time! That sucks. Will they be able to do more extended stays like they have, or no?
Ahem. I had dinner with the girl from last night. And then went over to her house. Which turns out to be all of maybe half a mile from Barb's new place! Good times were had by all. Heh.
bt, can you video chat with them when they are back in China? Are they from mainland China? or HK? Or Taiwan? At least a video chat will give face time for Ryan and grandparents.
Ahem. I had dinner with the girl from last night. And then went over to her house. Which turns out to be all of maybe half a mile from Barb's new place! Good times were had by all. Heh.
EXCELLENT!
Also, we need to do dinner again.
{{{Shir}}} I'm so sorry to hear about your dog.
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meara, I'm doing the woo hoo dance for you right now. Awesome!
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bt, I hope you all find a way to get her parents out without ten years or a ton of money.
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I have finally finished writing my statement of educational philosophy. WOOT! I need to sleep before I look at it again. I've been wrestling with it all weekend and have no perspective on it at the moment. Wish me luck for tomorrow; I have meetings with the Head of School and my division director to let them know what's going on and ask for a recommendation.
meara, I'm doing the woo hoo dance for you right now. Awesome!
...I read this as the HOO HOO dance. And was a little frightened.
Barb, we totally do. I'm in town for the next two weeks, shockingly! Let's plan...
Good luck, Pix.
...I read this as the HOO HOO dance. And was a little frightened.
Numfar, do the dance of Nooky!
Wow, that's a long time! That sucks. Will they be able to do more extended stays like they have, or no?
That's some good news, they can come out on a temporary visa again, even if they've applied for a permanent visa. (Some places get a bit antsy about granting temp visas after you've already indicated you want to move there permanently.) We can also do video chat with them, though I think they're not so keen on that. We've tried it before and I think the connection isn't the greatest.
There is a reason why it costs a lot to get an expedited visa. Australia has a universal health insurance system, Medicare. Permanent residents are entitled to full benefits, which means that if they move out here, the government is liable for (most of) their health care. Especially at their age, that can be expensive. Since they haven't been part of the tax base, the charge is to cover them for the ten years or so before the standard wait time would be over.
But it still sucks for us dealing with it.
my brain is in overdrive. Waiting all weekend for the money offer part of the job thing is killing me. I know they weren't going to call this weekend, but I was hoping they'd have called Friday. After wresting with my mind for awhile and deciding that I do want the job, my brain is playing with me, fearing that they will lowball me on salary, thus having me to turn down the gig. I know HR gal has talked to 2 of my references (I listed 5, she needed to talk to 3). I expect the call will come tomorrow. So. Rather anxious. I suspect tonight, sleep will be more toss/turn than sleep.
It's funny, billytea, but I believe that Ryan's ability to remember his grandparents isn't as important as his sense of security/trust that they've helped foster.
Ryan's clearly a very happy kid, who knows he's loved. That's what you try to give them at this age.
His grandparents don't get memory-credit for that, but you and Wallybee don't either. He won't remember what has been done for him, but he'll know it on a deeper, not-quite-conscious level.
(One of my early epiphanies as a parent was that Emmett would never remember any of the hardest stuff I had to learn as a parent. He wouldn't have any memory of all the times I was up with him at 3am, or nursing him through his first stomach virus.)
And he'll build a relationship with them over time. Extended visits, summers, traveling will be very memorable and important to him.