An interesting week ....

It has been an interesting week - busy - but interesting.

So first off I am now officially a US Citizen. I took my oath on Tuesday which was sort of a surprise since I was under the believe that there would be a lag between the interview and the oath. So now I have a couple of small things to finalize - getting a US Passport and then making sure Social Security know that I am a citizen now but outside of that - done. Of course that also means the girls are citizens - and now I just need to figure out when to go through the process of getting them their passports.

Work-wise the week has been busy. A couple of very long days with conferences and meetings. A couple of nights out with friends celebrating (mild celebrations) the citizenship did not help. It was nice to be able to relax last night and I plan on making this weekend a relaxing one. I have not even had a chance to exercise much so I need to get back into that swing of things.

I did get to finish a new book this week - Kite Runner. A GREAT book. Parts of it were hard to read - brought up some personal memories but I guess that made it even a better book if it can touch you in that way. I would like to thank Blanche for loaning me her copy to read :-)

A friend of mine also had a birthday this week - she turned two yesterday. The picture is when she was little - 4 months old. She has grown a bit since then but not much. So a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANKIE :-)

I hope everyone has a great weekend

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The weekend ... a good one

This past week end was the 5th Light the Night walk in the DC area. I volunteered at 3 of them and as you already know I feel that they were fantastic events. The people I met were great. The stories I heard inspiring. I became a bone marrow volunteer by registering my DNA for potential matching in case of a need for a transplant for others. Again I would encourage people to do the same thing. You can find information at www.marrow.org. I did take a couple of pics on my cell phone from the last walk I was at in Bethesda so I thought I would post one. If you click on the pic it will take you to a YouTube video of the DC event and an interview with the person in charge of the area where I helped out. You can even see me in the back at one point :-)

This weekend was also a bit of a reach out weekend - reaching out to someone who has been important to me and will always be - no matter in what capacity. I hope they know that I am being upfront and honest with everything - as I always am. If things worked out then the smiles would be permanent.

And now I get ready for my Naturalization interview which is this afternoon. I hope my knowledge of US History and politics does not fail me. Wish me luck.

I hope everyone has a great week

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A month to study ....

Things are moving fairly fast on the naturalization front, or at least they appear to be moving. I just received notice for my interview which is October 20th. This interview is where they test knowledge of US History, understanding of the language etc... Not sure where it fits on the timeline for naturalization but I am a bit surprised it has come up this quick. I guess I should be excited about it - but it also means I will need to take a look at the example questions to make sure I do not make any mistakes. I guess it is convenient that Tika is taking AP US History - maybe I will get her to quiz me.

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