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Guys/Gals,
Well... I see by the table on the USCIS site that they are now around to applications submitted on July 24th, 2003.
My Application Date is August 11th, 2003. Maybe this means they will get around to us sometime within my natural LIFE! Arggggggghhhhhhhhh
Everything is good. Gerlie is GREAT
It's just the waiting. We are SO ready for this to be over so that we can get on with our life together 
I don't bother to pipe up often with the mush stuff, but she really is the best thing that has ever happened to me
It's funny... I used roll my eyes when Bear and Honey would do their "I'm the lucky one... No, Honey, I'M the lucky one..." schtick, but now that Gerlie does that to me, when OBVIOUSLY I am the lucky one
, it somehow seems less syrupie. (is that a word?) That makes me a hypocrite doesn't it?
LOL
Ahhhhhh Yesssss... Life is certainly good when you have the love of a good woman among your assets! 
Me? I am working my arse off!!! My partner and I decided to tough it out for a while, rather than hiring another employee. We have been working a billion hours, but are interviewing new guys now. We've done the overtime thing for the last year and are pretty burned out. We did accomplish the things we wanted to, using the money we would have spent on another salary to make our company that much stronger after that crippling recession we went though. Things are looking good and I am do for a big decrease in hours when my Honey gets here
The band goes well. We're just breaking in a new drummer--AGAIN! arghhhhhhh... Drummers!... Oiiiiiii--and getting ready to gig and record.
I'm glad to see things are going well for those of you who still post frequently. I still check in every couple of days, but this place has been rather boring lately. Can't we get a good fight going or something??? 
That's all for now
Keep the Faith 
H