Friday, October 27, 2006
Careless Words
In response to my list of "very short stories" 6 words or less my friend A.C. took a stab at making a few himself. I think I'd have to admit that his are better.
-- Ultra Short Stories by A.C. --Nian's sunglasses came again, the fourth time SmartBargins.com has tried to fill the order. The fourth time they've gotten it wrong.
Searching for soul mate, please wait...
Six words is barely enough to--
John, meet A3124, the bacteria colony.
Her mind rejected the first implant.
78% humanity required for all athletes
Ancient relics unearthed. They say "Hostess".
On a more serious note, I made Nian sad the other day with some careless words. It really all boiled down to ego, pride, and conceit on my part. It takes a while, but working through a problem seems to make our relationship stronger and better than before the problem came along -- this time was no different. Whether I was thoughtless or whether Nian was too insecure and sensitive doesn't really matter, what had caused the short-lived pain is between us and not for sharing. We had perhaps fallen into a rut in our nightly talks and now they are sweet and full of discovery that may have been lacking for some time. Still I am not looking forward for any other crisis to come along, especially with my visit to China coming so soon. I don't want to waste one minute of our short time together struggling to put things right for what always winds up always just being a misunderstanding.
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3 Comments:
Hello Larry,
I am going to visit China myself in Jan 07.
I have a wife now in China who lives in Baoding City, Hebei China.
How is you VISA process going?
By , at October 28, 2006
We were under administrative review, but last word is that Nian's final CR1 visa documents should be mailed to her in 2 to 4 weeks (though documents in transit to China seem to take much longer than this) as we have passed this next to last hurdle. Nian has to stay in China until late August due to having been in America on a J2 visa. Assuming the documents arrive in a timely manner and that she can get an interview date close to this wait-until date, then she should be here August or September of next year. Two years since she returned to China and 20 months after our marriage.
We started the document process in December I believe, as we thought she would be returning on another exchange program visa (that didn't pan out). So you can expect 6 to 12 months I expect, since you evidently don't have the wait period imposed by having had a J2 visa. Of course maybe you are having better (or worse luck) than this.
I assure you my Nian is all worth it though. I will see her again in two weeks.
Good Luck
By DumbSwede, at October 28, 2006
It's J1,hon!
By , at October 29, 2006
