Monday, September 21, 2009
I was so nervous I couldn’t believe it. We walk up to the building and it’s just so daunting. This big glass shiny building that holds our future. I took a picture. Then we hugged. Then we went inside and there were 10 or so people in the waiting area. Bobby thought we should leave and come back, but I wanted to wait. I couldn’t leave. Then two seconds later a guy called us back. So good thing we stayed! We went into Rafaella’s office and she was so incredibly nice to us. We just went through document by document matching them up with the translations. We had everything she needed and stuff she didn’t need. She was just so helpful and so encouraging. We told her we were planning on living there and we were ready to go as soon as we got the ok. She asked if it was like he had a job there waiting for him or what and he started to say no, but I said yes! Why yes he does! It was kind of funny. She said I’d do just fine over there. She also said that she would put our file in the urgent folder. Yay! She said she didn’t want to make any promises, but she may be able to have this done by Christmas. Wow!!! Christmas!! I couldn’t believe it. Then she was explaining what I’d have to do once he got the ok for citizenship. It seems simple enough and you can do it all from the states, which is good. She didn’t mention living in Italy together for any length of time. Now I just need someone to call and anonomously ask what happens when you get divorced. Then at the end I asked if she did email or what was her preferred form of contact and she said “Nothing” and we all laughed. That was way funny. She shook our hands and I felt so great. We walked out and I thought I might cry, but I was figuring I’d wait until we at least got to the lobby or outside. But nope. As soon as that office door shut and we were in the hall I just started sobbing. I mean like loud uncontrollable sobbing. I was completely overwhelmed. I don’t even know how to explain it. I felt so incredibly lucky and so fortunate and just so fucking happy. How cool is that though? I remember this part in City of Angels where someone asks why people cry and Nicholas Cage says that he thinks it’s just because your body becomes overhwlemed and all you can do is weep. That’s exactly what happened here, except it was out of happiness. I cried because I was so happy. Isn’t life amazing like that? Wow! I just…I can’t believe this is happening. I feel like the whole world just opened up in front of me.
