I-129F Petition Approved

I was grumping around work, checking the aila.org processing dates every ten minutes for about three days straight when lunch time came and I checked my e-mail and just about fell backwards because there was a message from the USCIS and all I saw was "This case has been approved" and I started shaking uncontrollably without even reading the rest. I wanted to burst out of my chair and scream and stand on the desk and yell "WE'RE APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!" (yes, with that many exclamation points), but I ended up going for a cigarette and just about skipping down the street, and then couldn't function at all the rest of the day (or eat my lunch, heh). So yay, NOA2 is in the mail and I expect I will receive it next week. Meanwhile, we are about three weeks ahead of what I expected and I have spent all day today working on I-134 stuff to get notarized and send to Xavier next week. We expect his interview to be during the last two weeks of November, which is when I am hoping to visit him in the UK anyway, so that works well!

The poor boy is going to have to get his, like, ten vaccinations at once soon. Alas.
In other news, I am the proud owner of a ladle (and a toaster and some Tupperware and, er, steak knives, etc). I have been romping through stores acquiring stuff we will need for our apartment.
It's weird to think that someone actually picked up and looked at that thing (I-129F) I worked on for about six months, read through it all, and approved us! It was way faster than I expected, too, especially being the Nebraska Service Center. I hope that will give high spirits to whoever is reading this - Nebraska seems to have come a long way - the increased fees and whatever improvements they are making are proving themselves. Don't know what is up with the lack of updates on the AILA processing dates page, though; it is enough to make you pull your hair out.

- Hoopla