Hey.  Psst.  You.

Yes you.

Look over here.

That's where you'll find me from now on.

That's us.  Over here.

Don't forget.

*Does a spastic little happy dance around the room*

OK, I'm better now, thanks.

After spending 7 hours sifting through paperwork, documents, booklets, websites last night, I finally hit paydirt this morning....

I received an e-mail back from the Australian Embassy stating that I am eligible for a tourist visa while I'm applying for partner status (which means I'll be able to live in Australia while they're pushing my papers around)!  This information in itself made my entire day and lifted a huuuuuge weight off of my shoulders.  I still have a buttload of forms to fill, copies to make, faxes to send (ad nauseum) but this is busywork...and busywork is my game.  Bring it on, baby!

In slightly related news, Wayne and I have picked a tentative date for our Australian wedding.  December 6 (of this year) seems to be what we're settling on, although being the goofball that I am, I want to check the numerology of that day.  Seeing as how I'm up to my neck in other crap, I haven't had the chance.  If any of you know anything about numerology and want to help a lazy kitten out, I'd love you for life (not like I don't already, mind you!) 

Our plans for coming back to the states and having a ceremony here are even further from our minds at this point, but so far it sounds like May is going to be our month of choice.  (I was thinking May 4th...it being symbolic of us having met a year ago...*shrug*)  The other idea I had tossed out was having a big party some time after that ceremony around here for our fellow Xangans, depending of course on how many of you crazy bastards would actually show up.

If it seems like all I'm writing about is Wayne and immigration right now, it's because I am.  Thank you for being so perceptive.  *laughs*  Really though, I haven't had much else on my mind besides getting everything organized.  I've always said that the way to make time go faster is to have something important due...nothing could be more true at this point.

I make myself laugh...

Random funny-ness in my head while at work:  If my name were Dr. Wong, I would want to go into practice with someone named Dr. White.

Of course, if you were a patient, who would you want to see?  White or Wong?

Just to make Wayne jealous again that I have more subscribers even though he's been around longer... (I told ya babe, it's all in the pictures.  Hehe.)

Thank you to all 196 of you.  (I still think you're nuts! *laughs*)  I'm doing my best to make it around to all of your sites, so if I don't, you're more than welcome to come abuse me verbally.

 Last little bit then I'll shut up...

I've been getting all girly about the wedding already.  I spent three hours this morning looking at dresses and think I may have found the one already:

Simple, pretty, won't pick up all sorts of sand on the beach.  I think I'm in love.

PSSST.....
Go give my MSA sistah and my P.I.C hugs.  They've both had a bad week.

I miss you.

Have a happy weekend, everyone!

Stress.  Stress.  Stress.  (Calgon take me away!)

I’ve got this pleasant little thumping right at the base of my skull.  Every now and then, it radiates a nice blinding pain into my forehead and eyes.  Oh yeah, gotta love it.

Wading through all of this paperwork for immigration and a visa is causing me mass amounts of stress.  Thankfully, I have someone that is in the same (proverbial) boat as me to whine at/with (thanks Jackie!).  As if it weren’t bad enough that they make you spend 5165487987 hours filling out forms, writing letters, selling your soul to the government, sacrificing small children and old women - they charge you an arm and a leg to do it.  Ah yes, masochism at its finest. 

Our original plans were to be married in Hawaii sometime next March.  After reading the zillionth form today though, I realized that we need to be married in Australia for all of this to be legal.  Looks like we’ll be marrying twice…once for his family and once for mine.  I figure by the time we get back here and go through the ceremony again, we’ll have it down to a science.  *laughs*

Been having a little familial friction lately.  If it weren’t so stressful and wearing at every last nerve, it might actually be funny that my mother has more faith and confidence in Wayne than she has in me.  The beauty of family dysfunction – can you feel the love?

Tired.  Sad.  Did I mention tired and sad?

Sent Wayne home today....cried most of the way home from the airport.  Called my support group on the way home to calm me down a bit...she does a damn good job, I'll tell ya.

I really don't have the energy to tell all about the past two weeks, but it's safe to say that I'm madly in love and can't wait for August already!  In place of a real entry, here's some pictures from the past two weeks...

 Pimpin' in our Spyder convertible in West Virginia

Dinner with Mike and Linz

 Chilling in Bristol

 Chris and Wayne jammin' in Grassy Cove

They made me sing.  I'm not sure what I was pointing at.

A couple of lushes....

As a side note, I just wanted to put out my public THANK YOU!!! to Chris and Mesilla again.  We couldn't have asked for nicer hosts!!!  Thanks a million you two!!!

 Leave it to me to be a perv and notice a mountain that looked like a boob, complete with nipple.  For Rache's approval, I submit Nipple Mountain.

 I still can't get over how cute he is.  Unf.

 (Wayne, me, my dad and step-mom)

 There we are (again)

OK, enough abuse for now.  I'll be back, hopefully at least slightly well rested later...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

UPDATE:  Received a much needed call from a pay phone in L.A. around 11:30 tonight.  Now let's just hope he makes it back home in one piece.  Off to bed with me.  (Oh, and just in case I forgot because I'm brainless sometimes, thanks to all of you that have left such wonderful comments for the both of us.  I'm not sure you realize how much it means to us!!!)

UPDATE ON THE UPDATE aka an UPDATE UPDATE!:  *cough*  Wayne made it home safely, I'm sure he'll be blogging soon.  Don't forget to stop over and say hi to him!

Here's better pictures of the ring.....

I think it's pretty safe to say that I'm happier now than I've ever been.  Wayne and I are one of those couples that I used to see out and roll my eyes at.  *laughs*  My dad's convinced the lovey dovey stuff will wear off eventually, but I'm sure it's not going to happen between now and next Friday.

I'm sure I could go on and on with how ridiculously in love I am and all that happy stuff, but I think everyone has gotten the hint already *laugh*.  Thank you to everyone that has left so many wonderful comments for Wayne and I...we both about hit the floor when we signed on today and saw how many comments we each had gotten.  I'm also sure I don't have to apologize for both of us not being able to visit anyone's sites, we've been pretty busy. *smile*

We haven't gotten any pictures developed yet, so I figured we'd take a few with the webcam, just so you know we're not putting you all on...

  If we look tired, it's because we are.  The poor guy still hasn't gotten over the jetlag and I'm still trying to function on time other than Australian.

 Let's have one collective "awww"

I'd have to say though, the best part of him being here so far had to be Wednesday night... (shush, you pervs, I'm not done yet!)

We spent the evening hanging out with my dad and stepmom (as we've been doing a lot lately) then decided to take a drive in our convertible somewhere near midnight...

We ended up near the lake at a state park with the top down on the car, just sitting and chatting when he did it.....

I think I was in shock....no, I know I was in shock.  I managed to choke out a "yes" when he asked me to marry him...I can't think of spending my life any other way.

So go tell the poor sleepy guy congratulations for scoring himself a crazy American chick  *laughs*

(Oh, and Tab...thanks for sharing my girlie moment with me!  I couldn't wait to tell you!  Eeeeeee!!!!!)