Optimism Tempered With Realism

I've stopped wishing on the clock when the numbers are all the same. I know it was a silly habit anyway and I know that my wishes wouldn't really do anything to bring my husband back to me faster, but it still feels like a small part of my optimism dies every time I look at 11:11 or 4:44, etc and don't make a wish. It's time to be realistic though. And it's hard to wish for a speedy conclusion when we are already 6 months into the separation and not much closer to an end than we were when this all started. 

Technically I guess you could say we are actually 3 years into this process since we started not long after we got married. And we have made some progress since then, so I shouldn't be all pessimistic about it....

Maybe I just need a new wish. I know, I'll start wishing for each step to come quickly instead of trying to skip all the way to the end. I do tend to get ahead of myself quite often. :)

So, from now on, my wish is that we hear from the visa center soon, soon, soon. And once we hear, I'll decide what my wish after that needs to be. Because as much as I don't like it and wish we could just skip to the end, we have to go through the process to get there. So, if all of y'all could wish/pray/send happy thoughts that we hear from the visa center with Davie's appointment soon, soon, soon, we would really appreciate it. Our patience is wearing thin and we still have a long way to go. Any help we can get at this point, even if it's silly superstitious help, we'll take it! :)

Update on timing: We turned in some additional paperwork when I got back from Nicaragua in March. At that point the visa center had said it would take 20 business days for them to review everything and get back to us with a date for Davie's appointment. We're obviously waaaaaaaaaaay past the 20 days. So I'm really hoping we hear something soon. I'm going to email the lawyer tomorrow and see if they've gotten any word. At this point, I would even just like confirmation that the visa center got the additional information! I would hate for us to have been waiting all this time just to find out they hadn't gotten the paperwork! Although that would probably be our luck at this point. :) 

I'll keep y'all posted if / when I hear something! I potentially have other news that I'll share next weekend if it pans out. I'll let you know, but keep your fingers crossed that this week goes well please. I think I'll need it! 

Love you all!

Summer time

Not feeling very strong today, but since I don't have any other option, I just have to keep on keeping on. :)

I realized today that if Davie and I have a season, that season would be summer. Today is a perfect day for us to be in the pool with Davie grilling meat, potatoes and corn on the cob. I wish he was here. Last summer we had so many perfect days in the pool. I'm sad we won't have any of those this year. There are some things I just can't bring myself to do without Davie. I briefly considered putting the pool up this afternoon, but quickly decided it was going to fall under the category of things we have to do together. I don't think I'll be using the grill this summer either. At least not on my own. 

I miss my husband today. I know he'll be home soon. But I still miss him so much. 82 days until I'll see him again!! I already can't wait. :) 

Tomorrow I go to Detroit for work. I'll just be gone one night for a training on Tuesday. I haven't been to Detroit before, so I'm curious to go. Of course, with such a quick trip it's not like I'll see much, but still. It'll be one more airport to add to the list if nothing else. :)

I have my flight booked to visit Davie August 30 - September 2. Since I'm only going for three nights, we're going to stay in Managua the whole time. We'll actually do some touristy things there for a change! It should be fun. And I got a good deal on the Hilton we stayed at in January - $79 a night for by far the best hotel we've found yet in Managua. I think we paid $132 last time, so I'm excited about the cheap hotel this time! I had to pay in advance and we wouldn't get our money back if we cancelled, which is why it was so cheap. I'll take it!

Then I'll visit again for Thanksgiving and again at Christmas, when we can hopefully bring Davie and Eduardo home!

Everyone please keep your fingers crossed and send good vibes our way that we get Davie's embassy appointment date soon. We should get it any day now. We are both ready to have that date so we can move on to the next part of this process!!!!

I hope everyone is having a good weekend! 

What's in a Name?

Because I'm in the middle of a baby fever that probably won't be cooled off for quite a while, I spend a lot of time thinking about / searching for baby names instead.  I stumbled upon this post while Googling "Nicaraguan baby names" and it's funny how much it helped explain my husband's crazy names.

For those that don't know, Davie's name is actually spelled Deyvi, but he uses the "American" spelling Davie. He also has a sister named Darling.  What really cracks me up is his last name (not the last name I took, but his other last name). I've seen it spelled Henrriquez, Enriquez, Enrriquez and Henriquez. And all of those on official government / school records! It's crazy to me!

I wanted to pick a traditional Nicaraguan name for our kids, but now I'm thinking that may be harder to do than I expected! Of course Davie would be happy naming a boy Kevin, but I don't think I'm going to let that happen! :)  (Not that there is anything wrong with the name Kevin, it's a good name, but I don't think it goes very well with Maradiaga as the last name.  :P)

I can already tell that Davie and I are going to have a hard time agreeing on names when the time comes.  It's hard to find a name that sounds right when dealing with two very different cultures and wanting to pay tribute to both.  I'm sure we'll get there though.  It's just going to take some creativity.....which, based on the post I found, might be more in line with Nicaraguan naming trends that I originally thought.

If nothing else, I can guarantee our kids names will be just like everything else we've done during this relationship - unique and wholly ours.  :) 

 

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I felt guilty, but not so guilty that I didn't still do it. I HAD TO go see Fast and Furious 6!! Davie and I love those movies and I probably should have waited to see it with him, but I couldn't help myself. :) And I've gotta say, it was GOOD! If you like that kind of movie anyway. Some of the stunts have gotten even more unbelievable and unrealistic, but it's not a movie about being believable or realistic, so I didn't mind. Davie wasn't happy when I told him I went without him. :) We'll go together to see #7 though, so it's all good. And after the cliff-hanger at the end, I can't wait for #7!!!! :)

I hope everyone is having a good weekend!!