EMBASSY APPT. DONE!!!

MAYA AT 6 AM!!!
ALMOST TIME!!! YES, SHE IS GETTING READY TO GO AFTER THE BOW!!!
BACK AT THE MARRIOTT. IT IS OVER!!!
LOOK OUT AMERICA, HERE I COME!!!

WE GOT UP AT 6 AM THIS MORNING. MAYA IS STILL NOT FEELING VERY WELL. WE WENT TO THE LOBBY AT 7 AM. WE WERE SUPPOSE TO BE PICKED UP AT 7:30. WELL, THEY FINALLY SHOWED UP AT 7:55. OUR APPT. WAS AT 8. WE GOT TO THE EMBASSY AND WAITED TO GO IN. THEN ONCE IN THE EMBASSY WE WAITED TO BE CALLED TO THE FAMOUS WINDOW #10. I WAS SO NERVOUS. HE JUST ASKED IF I VISITED MY CHILD AND WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I SAW HER. THAT WAS SO EASY!!! I STARTED CRYING WHEN HE SAID THAT HE WAS APPOVING THE I-600 AND STAMPED IT. THEN WE WAIT AGAIN. A LOT OF WAITING. THEN MY NAME IS CALLED TO COME TO WINDOW #8. HERE I GO ALL NERVOUS AGAIN. ANOTHER BREEZE!! SHE JUST HAD ME RAISE MY RIGHT HAND AND SWEAR WHAT I WAS SAYING WAS TRUE. THEN SHE ASK ABOUT MY PROCESS. I TOLD HER THAT IT WAS A NIGHTMARE. SHE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT MY AGENCY. WHEN I TOLD HER SHE SAID THAT WAS YOUR PROBLEM. SO THEN I SIGNED A FEW PAPERS AND SHE SAID CONGRATS, YOUR VISA IS APPROVED AND YOU CAN PICK IT UP ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. YES, I STARTED TO CRY AGAIN. I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO THE MARRIOTT TO CALL GRAVY (MY GRANDMA), SISSY (MY AUNT), AND MY MOM. I AM SO GLAD THAT DEBORAH WAS WITH ME. SHE WAS CRYING TOO. I NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD COME. SHE IS MINE AND SHE IS REALLY COMING HOME.