I watch too many romantic movies!

I had to fight for the sticker form also, but was triumphant in the end!  Does your vet go through a third-party lab, or is everything done in-house?

I assume you mean for the blood draws?  They did those in-house, and then shipped everything off to the Kansas lab.

They called back later to say that they hadn't gotten the forms with the stickers yet, but anticipated that coming in a separate mailing.  (Who knows why, but I seem to remember reading about this happening to someone else, so I guess it's a common thing for the KS lab to do?)

Anyway, I'm super glad that my ticker/countdown isn't a lie.  ;-)  I set it up assuming that the bloodwork would go through OK, but ever since then I've had a vague feeling of possibly jinxing it.  (I'm normally not superstitious, I swear..)

Sarah, I hope you and your mom have a great time, it sounds like you have a lot of fun things planned!  Has she visited England before?

Has she visited England before?

Not with me, but she's been over 3 or 4 times in the past 15 years. I see loads of museums, castles, and tea shops in my future. 

Hey Sarah if you want we can try to meet up in London if you come down. I think we're coming to C'bridge on the weekend and will be visiting one of my friend's friends so less time for me to do my own meet ups! Let me know.

Hey Sarah if you want we can try to meet up in London if you come down. I think we're coming to C'bridge on the weekend and will be visiting one of my friend's friends so less time for me to do my own meet ups! Let me know.

Ha! We'll be in London at the weekend! Saturday, Sunday- and most of Monday.  If you want to meet up Monday morning sometime that would work!  We're staying in Knightbridge near Harrods.

KF, I know I am a bit late, but have been away from the boards...Congratulations on your visa approval!!! 

Hello to all you ladies!  I have been sooo busy at work lately and haven't been on-line much...doesn't my boss realize they are cutting into my internet time?!? 

KF, I know I am a bit late, but have been away from the boards...Congratulations on your visa approval!!! 

Thanks I think I'm *almost* back to normal maybe now that my visa has been here for a few days. Once I get my ticket money into my paypal from my husband I'll book my tickets, then it's just packing a couple of boxes for my mom to send out once I'm there, and spending time with my family before I leave. I'm not entirely sure how my mom will react on the day I leave--she's pretty good with being by herself and she doesn't need company a lot of the time to be content. But, I'm her only child, and she won't see me for 8-10 months maybe (at least until 2010 when Steve's holiday time restarts), so I don't know if she'll cry or what. I know I'll probably tear up, but hopefully I can do that after I get through security so she doesn't see me.

Speaking of the hubby, he's going to Thorne for work on Thursday, and possibly Friday. From Daventry that's a couple hours drive, so I'll be bored to tears on those days since he'll be away from home and only have his phone. It's not like I won't live I'll just need to do some retail therapy or something on those days, there's things I need to get before I come to the UK anyway and it'd give me and my mom time to hang out. And it beats the hubby not having a job at all--he was close to that a few weeks ago, but he's the most senior member of the staff and they were able to place him back in his old spot. But it definitely made the visa process a bit more stressful 

And sorry for the wall of text--I'm treating this kind of like my livejournal

And it beats the hubby not having a job at all--he was close to that a few weeks ago, but he's the most senior member of the staff and they were able to place him back in his old spot. But it definitely made the visa process a bit more stressful 

Glad to know he made it through without a layoff (or redundancy, I suppose).  I'm very grateful that my company hasn't even mentioned the word (supposedly we have plenty of venture capital funding), though being unemployed would certainly give me more incentive to find a job in England!  I've been casually (ha!) looking at/applying for jobs in the past week, on the off-chance that a company thinks I'm awesome.

Not much to report this week, though I did finally exercise some tonight...I've been slacking off big-time on that for, oh, a year or so.   I'm hoping to kick that into gear again, as I'm feeling pretty pathetically unfit.

I hope the rest of you are having a good week so far!

Beth, I finally got a chance to try the "crack potatoes" that were on your blog many moons ago, and holy crap...the name is so fitting.   I only made 2 (and one wasn't even cooked through enough b/c I got lazy waiting for them to boil), and I wanted about 10 more.  So yummy!

So thanks for blogging about it, you made my dinner this evening that much better.

Beth, I finally got a chance to try the "crack potatoes" that were on your blog many moons ago, and holy crap...the name is so fitting.   I only made 2 (and one wasn't even cooked through enough b/c I got lazy waiting for them to boil), and I wanted about 10 more.  So yummy!

So thanks for blogging about it, you made my dinner this evening that much better.

Aw, you're welcome! Glad you liked them! I haven't even made them in ages. I might have to change that, too.

hello from england, everyone!

i am flying back tomorrow after a super short trip, but just wanted to stop by and say that my interview was fantastic!  i received a job offer the very next day!!!  i can't believe it--the very first job i applied to!  it's too good to be true.  i've still got to get the paperwork taken care of and sort out the logistics about when exactly i will start, but it feels amazing to know that i've got the job situation sorted and can now just focus on getting things ready for my move! 

hope everyone is doing well!

Wow, congratulations, lilly!  That is so awesome.   I bet that's a huge weight off your mind.

Amazing Lily!!  Good for you! 

Hi All,

I got to page 9 and saw everyone else was on page 141 so as fast a reader as I may be, I'm saying hello now and introducing myself. Then I'm going to multitask and read all the previous pages of this thread at the same time as keeping up with the latest! I see mirrajay is still posting and Beth so I hope some of the other originals are still chatting too. I feel like I know you guys already! I love Jamie and Alan is brilliant! I hope everyone gets their happy endings. I kind of feel like I've just jumped to the last page of a book by reading the latest posts! The suspense is killing me.

So I'm in the same boat as most of you on here I think. Though just to be a little different, I'm English and my bloke is American. We are hopelessly in love and plan to get married in Hawaii in May next year (YIPPEE!). I'm going out to see him in the States in October (YAY!). Even that seems a very, very long way away right now though. I am so glad I found this site and know I'm not the only blubbering neurotic mess in a LDR across the Atlantic! I've seriously run out of people who will listen to me gush about him anyway, I'm almost reduced to approaching random strangers in the street hehe. How wonderful that there is a whole thread where we can all get soppy about our men and console each other. I'd have been on here ages ago if only I'd known!

Sam

thanks EN and mirra!

welcome, sam!  do you know where in hawaii you're doing your wedding yet?  my fiance and i are looking into doing ours in hawaii in either may or june...not positive yet but we're thinking kauai. 

Welcome Sam!  You'll have to tell us how you met your SO, it's in the rules.