The Days of Our Lives

Just a little update on our lives, although nothing extremely dramatic or out of the ordinary has been happening.

I think I might slowly be pulling out of the morning-all day sickness phase of pregnancy; or at least I´m not down on a regular basis like I was. I still have my spouts, and eating still feels like a chore. I dread mealtime, only because there rarely is anything that sounds good to me. On top of that, I don´t always know how much to eat. If I don´t eat enough, I feel like throwing up. If I eat too much, I feel sick for a few hours. It´s a learning process.

The major things I´ve been craving still fall in the U.S.of A. category, such as my grandma´s sisilian hot dish, a double cheese burger (specifically from Burger King), breadsticks from Pizza hut, biscuits and gravey from Hardees, Chicken cordon bleu SDR Style, blueberry muffins, cinnemon rolls, and toaster struddles by pillsberry. One common theme... CARBS!!! The worst thing is we have cable, so adds will come up for some of these things (BK or Pizza Hut), but there isn´t such a place for MILES!!!

I am really looking forward to Friday, as Willie and Paulette will be coming back and I´ll be able to catch up and practice my English. =)

Then in the middle of the month my dear friend Kelsey Cameron will be coming for close to three weeks! I am extremely excited as we are planning on heading back to the jungle, which will be the first time I´ve been back since before the wedding.

Nelton has been doing great. He goes out and works in the mornings, comes back to spend lunch and siesta with me, then goes back to work until the evening. He usually brings me out on the motorcycle so that I can get some fresh air before turning in for the night.

As for the heat, it´s still a beast. We don´t get hot water, which is a mixed blessing. It´s been months since I´ve had a hot shower, but it sure is nice at mid-day when the heat is anything but a treat.

As difficult as this little chapter has been of being physically out of it, it has been a blessing. I was thinking about it the other day and it really has been a good way to start our marriage. It has given us a great chance to bond and build our lives together as one. We do love being married and I couldn´t be more thankful for Nelton. I do fall more in love with him everyday. We tend to have fun too, making each other laugh in the little things. It´s great.

As for visa progress... I´m progressing. As for him, we started on the first step, which is on the way to the States for mom to send in. But I had some questions on step two of the K-3 non-immigrant visa. In my reseach and searching for someone who can help me, I was recommended to Terri Reynolds. After sharing our situation with her, she recommended that we look into a different direction. So we are now in the process of finding out which visa we should really go with. The non-immigrant apparently requires some things we are unable to provide, including living in the States for an extensive period, and my earning $18,000 yearly to support my foriegn husband. Well, that is completely out of the question! We don´t earn anything close to that!

So we are looking into the tourist visa, which is apparently granted for 10 years, with 3 months per visit. The only problem is on the first visit, we need about 7 months, unless we decide to have the baby here. Reason being, after having the baby in June, we will be attending the training center for International Messengers in Montanna, which is four months and starts in Aug.

This week for the first time Nelton said he would be fine with having the baby here. I had been before, but kinda got set on the States. So who knows?

Well, that´s a peak into some of the things going on here.