Because I'm lazy and it's 11:11pm (woah, all 1s), I'll copy/paste our gchat conversation below.
Friday, March 27, 2015 7:17 AM
Andy Williamson
hi lunk
Margaret Kay
YES
hi
should I call
Andy Williamson
I'm in s-bucks and et's pretty besy
so i cannae really talk
Margaret Kay
OH OK RAM
GOOD JOB
How was it?!?/1/!
Andy Williamson
so easy
total time in the embassy (including queuing) 2 hours
total time spent talking to embassy staff - 3 minutes
Margaret Kay
What!? Crazy! And they told you it was "approved"?
Andy Williamson
interview 1 was where i handed in all the forms, then I sat back down
then I got called through to the interview woman who asked very, very cursory questions
and then just said, yep, that's good enough for me
After all the hassle of getting the visa documents together (long story, but it involves some tax forms being dropped off and left for dead at a jewellery shop by an idiot postman), I was SHOCKED that he was approved in just a few minutes.
We were prepared for the worst, and expected the worst. But we ended up with the best case scenario, all things considered.
We were prepared for the worst, and expected the worst. But we ended up with the best case scenario, all things considered.
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| I told him we all wear American flags behind our ears (shhhhh! don't tell - it's a hilarious prank) |
There is one thing. After the interview, Andy spent a lovely day in London with some mates before hopping on the Tube for London City Airport to make his 9:20pm flight back to Edinburgh. Only problem is that he was booked on the 7:45pm flight. All that visa success went to his head and he forgot he booked the earlier flight! Luckily, he was able to make it to the train station in time to blag his way into a first class ticket on the Caledonian Sleeper for the price of coach. In fact, he's snoozing to the sound of "Chugga Chugga Choo Choo" as I type this.
Now, if you'll please join me in raising your glass to our newest United States resident, Andy Williamson!
Hip hip? Hooray!
Hip hip? Hooray!
Hip hip? Hooray!
Hmmm...should those "hip hips" have ended in a question mark? I'm second guessing myself.
Egads. Two stream-of-consciousness blog posts in a row.
Cheerio, Margaret
P.S. The title of this post was a spin on "Mothers, lock up your daughters!" Just FYI.
P.P.S. Remember a few weeks ago when I wrote about how my friend Tori and her sister thought the Kool & the Gang song lyrics were "Celebrate the Taj Mahal"? Well, today my nieces and I were having a dance party to celebrate finishing an alphabet jigsaw puzzle and a certain bro-in-law of mine starting singing, "Celebrations now, come on!" I mean, hilarious. Kool, you and your gang clearly need to annunciate better.
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