It's just over a month until the wedding now, which would have most people stressing about the ins and outs of their big day...no, not me, as usual visa stuff takes priority over most things in our lives so I'm stressing about that instead! :P I feel I have let myself relax for entirely too long since arriving (I got a bit distracted unpacking last week!) and so now it's time to get my arse in gear with the stuff I still need to do if I want to be allowed to stay in this fine country after we get hitched!
That's not to say I have not been working on anything wedding related, but my to do list has become somewhat haphazard since I got here and my paperwork filing needed a bit of work, but I'm getting there. Still some wedding bits and piece to do too, but I'm not panicking about that quite yet. Soon, I'm sure :)
Last weekend started with rain, which pretty much stayed all weekend and into
the week. We celebrated some true Scottish weather by having a pig out lazy weekend. Sitting watching the rain at Snuffers over a plate of cheese fries at lunch and then a night in the house with Chris' home made burritos and a drink or two. These are the things you really treasure having spent so much time apart and really not ever really being able to relax together properly. Skype just isn't the same. We also took our first trip to the cinema together on Sunday :) It's funny the things you find you've never done together, the simplest of things.Monday last week brought news of my shipment from Scotland...well, part of it. One box unaccounted for, lost in the wilds of Orlando. And of all the boxes it had to be the one with irreplaceable old photographs. Well done Virgin Atlantic! I decided not to waste any time and got Vicki on board last minute to run me to the airport to get what stuff had actually arrived. We had a blast trying to fit it
all in her car, but we managed, much to our own amusement and that of the forklift driver at the warehouse we collected from. I am glad to say most stuff was intact, though they did a grand job of trashing my guitar case, but it did it's job and the guitar is fine.And the missing box? Initially no one could find it and no one could decide who's fault it was (with my experience of Virgin Atlantic so far in this, they really don't appear to have a good grasp of geography, which is not good news for an airline, I'm happy to assume it's their mistake). I was then told they had found it and it was in Spain and they were trying to get it back. Now I'm told it's actually in Port of Spain in Trinidad...so presumably was NEVER in Spain. They are apparently now 'working out how to get it to Dallas'. Putting it on a plane seems to be entirely too obvious for them clearly! If it's away any longer I'll be expecting a bloody postcard!
Since the arrival of my boxes, I have been slowly unpacking and taking over Chris' house ;) It's so nice to have all my clothes more than anything else really. It's been so long since I packed I'd almost forgotten what I owned so unpacking has been a bit like a really good Christmas! Then I remember I've already paid for all this stuff AND then forked out my well earned £s to get it sent to me and the novelty wears off somewhat....
The weekend just passed some girls got together and spent the weekend out at
the giant Gaylord Texan Hotel at Grapevine to celebrate Vicki's birthday. It's mammoth, I've never seen anything like it! Drinking, dancing, lounging, eating, sleeping...all made for a great weekend. I even got sunburn sitting under a tree when it was cloudy (and actually not too too hot since it'd been raining all week)...sometimes I forget I'm in Texas...you'd think it would have sunk in by now!I've done a little bit more driving, just little trips mainly, but on Sunday I did the DFW airport run as I really need that ingrained in my head for a months time when I'm going to be out there about 100 times in 1 week collecting and dropping off a whole bunch of lovely people :) It was quite scary actually, only in bits, but I'm not gonna deny it, some bits are kinda hairy and there's so many new things I need to remember! I'm not sure I'm ever going to feel right turning right on a red light and there's sooooo many Stop signs!! And the worst thing so far...trying to reverse into our stupid narrow drive (seriously, about 2 inches spare between wing mirror and the wall)...I'm terrible at it!
And this week....we're going to see Pink!!! I'm really happy that we're getting to go (thanks for Peter for handing off some free tickets!!) as I couldn't get tickets to see her when she was in Glasgow earlier in the year. Thanks Peter!! :D
Well, I should really get back to making lists and looking through papers (and cooking tea). My social security number should be winging it's way to me soon which is kinda cool really :) Then maybe I'll go and open a bank account a become a little more civilised. Maybe.
Love
Jenna
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