Mission Accomplished!

After a morning spent in horrible traffic - there was a SIG Alert on the 101 Freeway - I made it back to the Chinese Consulate and had my documents in hand in no time. There was an extra $45 charge though. Actually, that was the parking ticket I received for parking on a street during street sweeping day! I will say that a nice gentleman warned me before I went into the building about the parking enforcement that was patrolling the streets, but I told him I'd take my chances. I don't think today is a good day to buy a lotto ticket...

When I got back to Long Beach, I went to Kinko's to copy everything twice - that was another $20 or so - and then I placed it all in a FedEx package for AWAA. It was nearly three inches thick and weighed 1.95 pounds. It's costing $45.29 to get it to Virginia by tomorrow morning! Sheesh!

My agency only sends dossiers on Fridays, and you have to get your dossier to their office by 2 p.m. on Wednesday in order to make the Friday shipment. Provided that my documents are given final approval, I will be DTC this Friday! I feel a great sense of accomplishment now for all the work I've done over the last four months, or so. Now, if the CCAA can keep the wait at 12 months, I should receive a referral next June or July. I can handle that!