thank you joyd and eta-gc
joyd, eta-gc, (and all participants):
thank you for your responses. here we are on a friday fall afternoon in beautiful boston (red sox winners
, patriots winners
, kerry loser
). 2 out of 3 aint bad. more seriously i am hopfully 2-6 months away from approval of i485. this years boston tea party will include green tea for sure. i can almost feel it, touch it, smell it. what an ordeal (8 years ive been waiting!). i dont spend too much time writing in this forum, however i certainly check in everyday to see "my friends' joyd, eta-gc, and too many more to mention, and honestly look at everyone on this site as brothers and sisters, all fighting the same battle. this site has given me hope, fear, highs, lows, anxiety, celebration, and visits to a doctor to get prescriptions to manage all of the aforementioned symptoms. i imagine im not alone here. but enuf about me. thank you soo much to all of you for your participation, insights, willingness to help, guide, share, and give of yourself to those who need assistance. i think about what happens after i get green...what happens to all of you, does everyone get green, do some people get lost in the shuffle, screwed out of a job, career, compensation, thrown out of the country. i am sad for those people. however this forum has added tremendous benefit to all involved, and hopefully eliminated some pain for many (i know for me, i benefitted more than i put into it...i guess i feel a bit guilty). nonetheless THANK YOU ALL! have a great wknd, keep participating and sharing and may god bless this forum green. douglas