Final Review

We got an email today from the agency telling us that our paperwork is now at the US Embassy awaiting final review. They told us that at this point it typically takes 3-4 business days for them to review it, at which point they'll issue the long-awaited pink slip with our Embassy appointment date. The appointment dates are typically 10 days after that.

All this means that we're about 2-3 weeks from travel time. Our abogado is really on the ball down there.

By the way, we've been brushing up on our Espanol for the last few weeks (I'm a complete Spanish newbie, so "brushing up" is a very kind way of putting it). We really recommend Coffee Break Spanish, which is a podcast series that teaches Spanish in very small chunks (about 20 minutes a week). Check it out.

Still much to do. I've finished our paperwork, but we still need to pack and buy lots of little stuff we're going to need. And we're out of town next weekend. Well, we can shop in Philly as well as we can here.