I have leaped the last hurdle in the race to my long-stay French visa!!!! I drove down to Miami this past Sunday afternoon, stayed over night, and then went to the French consulate on Monday morning and turned in my last pieces of paperwork that the consulate needed in order to issue my super-duper, really real, honest-to Murgatroyd long-stay visa. It shall be issued on May 13, according to the very nice lady behind the window in the visa room, and I gave them a pre-addressed overnight envelope so that I am sure to have it IN HAND prior to my flight on May 20. I am ecstatic and relieved and happy. This was the last thing in the way of paperwork that had to be done.
My dad actually drove me down and back, and it was a good thing to be able to spend some one-on-one time with him. We won't get so many more chances to do that, as I am leaving very, very soon. Now I have some more memories for the old memory vault that I can pull out when I'm feeling homesick and awful, as I'm sure I will from time to time. France is kind of a long way away.
By the time I land in Paris, it'll have been almost three solid months that I haven't seen my husband. What were we thinking???? Why didn't he stay here with me so that we could do this together? Next time we are crossing to another continent, I will be insisting we do it together. No question!
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