Amanda Takes Off...

Good Man built me a computer. There's something wrong with it (it needs a different fan or something?) but seems to be working right now. In any case, I am extremely happy because it's fast, the screen is gorgeous and I have a new keyboard!

Good Man found a Korean keyboard online, so I don't need any more keyboard stickers! Keyboard stickers peel off. They fall off. They leave sticky stuff behind. No more of that! I get Korean letters and English letters all on the same keyboard.

Oh, bliss.

And on top of it, this is one of those-old school normal keyboards. F-keys across the top. A numerical keyboard on the right. A few functional keys like "home" and "end." Arrow keys. But no volume keys. No quick-launch internet keys. Crap key, as Good Man calls them. None of those. It does have the additional English/Korean switch key as well as a Hanja key.

Oh, bliss!

And! And! Even better! Best of all! The keyboard is loud and clacky. I adore loud keyboards. I don't like soft, smooshy, quiet keyboards. I am on the computer—I want to hear myself working!

Oh, utter bliss!

The only problem is that it's a standard-size board and I've been working on laptop keyboards exclusively for the last year, so my fingers aren't used to the spread they need to cover. But with a little practice that will be taken care of. (On top of this, I got a new laptop at work because I'm awesome—only two of us rec'd new comps—and I need to get used to its new feeling and spread, too. It's mooshy. I don't really like it.)

Bliss! Bliss!

We got our pro shots from the wedding back. (Less than three weeks! Amazing turn-around time.) And we are very pleased. Strongly recommend Jeremy over at LifeLight Photography.

* To make this easier to read I will use * for new info.

6/1/2009: Mailed AOS/EAD/AP to Chicago Lockbox
6/3/2009: USPS reports rec'd
6/9/2009: Green registered mail with return receipt postcard rec'd
6/10/2009: I-485 check cashed (with no readable receipt number on the back of the check!)
6/11/2009: I-130 check cashed (with no readable receipt number on the back of the check!)
6/12/2009: NOAs rec'd for petition (130), green card (485), employment authorization (765), and advance parole (131); we now have his A-number; rec'd date 6/3, notice date 6/8
6/13/2009: Biometrics appt rec'd for 7/1
7/1/2009: Biometrics appt, in and out in 15 minutes
7/17/2009: USCIS website says that AP/EAD approval notice sent
7/22/2009: USCIS website says EAD card ordered
7/23/2009: USCIS website says EAD sent
7/24/2009: Rec'd notice for interview on 8/27 (Washington, DC location—which is actually in Fairfax)
7/27/09: Rec'd AP
7/29/2009: EAD rec'd

My boss is nuts. I can't even begin to explain it except to say that my grade-level co-worker and I are the only two (of five) constants on our team. Two of the three new teachers are brand new to teaching. The other is new to our school. And now Principal's decided to change my grade-level teammate's job description and hire another teacher. Tomorrow. School starts (with students!) Monday.

Why the hell did I take on grade-level chair?

Diana's in town! And her fiancé is in tow!

And on an unrelated note...

Wedding Geese and Wedding Figurines

Grilling Spicy Pork on Our Table-Top Grill
(A wedding gift from a cousin.)

Turning

Holy kimchi.

We got our interview notice. Or rather, Good Man got his interview notice, which demanded that I, as his wife and sponsor, appear. August 27th, 10:15 am, we'll be interviewing two and a half miles away. We know the building. It's across the street from the subway station.

I am already nervous.

Good Man's response was, "It must be hard to be you. You pre-worry so much."

* To make this easier to read I will use * for new info.

6/1/2009: Mailed AOS/EAD/AP to Chicago Lockbox
6/3/2009: USPS reports rec'd
6/9/2009: Green registered mail with return receipt postcard rec'd
6/10/2009: I-485 check cashed (with no readable receipt number on the back of the check!)
6/11/2009: I-130 check cashed (with no readable receipt number on the back of the check!)
6/12/2009: NOAs rec'd for petition (130), green card (485), employment authorization (765), and advance parole (131); we now have his A-number; rec'd date 6/3, notice date 6/8
6/13/2009: Biometrics appt rec'd for 7/1
7/1/2009: Biometrics appt, in and out in 15 minutes
7/17/2009: USCIS website says that AP/EAD approval notice sent (haven't rec'd yet)
* 7/22/2009: USCIS website says EAD card ordered (haven't rec'd yet)
* 7/23/2009: USCIS website says EAD sent (haven't rec'd yet)
* 7/24/2009: Rec'd notice for interview on 8/27 (Washington, DC location—which is actually in Fairfax)