At Long Last...

I have been granted residency!

YAHOO!!!

Amazing to me how many emotions can course through your body almost at once, if not at once then certainly in split seconds. First was elation. Followed by being sad (yeah, still, I know!) and then, oddly enough, feeling very grown up. I'm so weird!

So no one of my family seemed to be available when I received the news so I tweeted. Better than nothing. Heard from my brother and that made me feel better. Called Greg and he was happy but also very busy at work so that didn't last long. Texted my girlfriends here and heard back from them which was great. Still I was waiting for something... A parade. Fireworks. Flowers. Champagne. Something. Not a, "Good on you, now you can get a job." So, so, SO not that. Ah well, I'm in Kiwi land now. Must suppress all feelings. So I carried on making dinner. Poured my own wine. Cried and got a hug from my long-suffering and wonderful husband. He tries, he really does. He's a Kiwi; he can't help that.

Ah whatever. I have been granted residency. I BELONG here and that's a great feeling and NO ONE can take that away from me!