He spent over a year carefully compiling everything, and it's paid off well before he was told it would. Last week, he was thinking about what had to be done before Jan. 4, 2016 the date when it would have been necessary to renew the visitors permits for another 6 months. He's happy now that he decided to put that off for a while. What a roller coaster we are on; yesterday there was a teenage crisis with Min Hee and today jubilation with CIC. I thought it would be ages before I could make the latter part of that statement. And so it goes. We rise to meet the challenges that knock us down.
When I phoned Mo to tell her the good news, she suggested that the new Liberal government might have sped things up. I kind of doubt that. It takes more than 22 days to turn the rig that is CIC around. But I would rather give the credit to the Liberals and Justin Trudeau than to the Harper Conservatives. I remember how immigrants who were welcomed to Canada when Pierre Trudeau was PM remaind loyal to the Liberal Party for years afterwards. Now Jay's gang and 25,000 Syrians will perhaps feel tha same connection to his son's Liberals.
We had a hard frost last night, so when I finish this, I will go outside and cover the roots of the roses for winter. On Tuesday morning I woke with a start, suddenly thinking, for the first time since the last ski of last March, of my duct-taped boots. I had meant to buy new ones at the spring sales, but family turmoil overwhelmed such considerations. So I spent the day shopping and finally bought a pair up at Silver Star. There was a complete covering of snow up there. Cross country sking began yesterday, but much as I love my new boots, I'm going to wait until the blanket is thicker and softer.
Jin Hee and Min Hee dressed for Hallowe'en.
Wonderful news! It must be such a relief for everyone. Kudos to Jay for his careful attention to the files, and to everyone for riding the roller coaster!
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