Mississippi Life

Even though we arrived in the states almost five days ago, I still am struggling with getting back on schedule.  Wednesday night I feel asleep at 6AM.   Thursday and Saturday nights I sleep from 9AM to around 3AM.  Friday night I sleep around 12 hours between the hours of 4AM and 3PM.  Last night, I was exhausted and feel asleep at 11PM but was back up at 3, 4, and now wide awake at 5AM.  At least today, I feel well rested and am making good use of my time trying to get organized for the new semester.

I am in the process of removing the conditions on JJ’s “green” card.  Since we were married less than two years when we applied for her VISA, she was only given a conditional permanent resident visa.  I need to supply a host of information/documents proving that we are really married and give Uncle Sam a check for almost $1,000.  Lovely.  At least the fee was not a surprise and we have been anticipating spending this money for about a year now.  I have collected most of our documents, but still need to get a couple of letters proving our relationship written by my parents and a friend of ours, and I need to edit some of our photos that show that we have traveled together and have a real life here in Mississippi.

I finalized my work schedule on Friday, and I am very pleased with my hours.  I work split shifts everyday except Mondays, but it looks likes I will be off on Fridays.  JJ still doesn’t know her schedule yet.  She will be teaching Math 99 this term so she will have to hold office hours and work less hours in the Math Tutoring Center.  Hopefully, our shcedules will match up once again since we only have one mode of transportation.

I am trying to taking advantage of the extra time so I am about to walk outside and attempt to exercise.  74 degrees at 5AM is not that bad for Mississippi.

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