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  • AmbersWay
    AmbersWay Posts: 322 Member
    I’m at the gate waiting to board. A lil one is already kicking my seat. I’m laughing this off. I’m determined to just get on my flight and sleep. I need to hit the road running there.

    I read up but will be back tomorrow to catch up.

    Have a lovely Thursday!

    Oh and all our carry ons were heavy. That was fun😩
  • mkksemail
    mkksemail Posts: 1,745 Member
    AmbersWay wrote: »
    I’m at the gate waiting to board. A lil one is already kicking my seat. I’m laughing this off. I’m determined to just get on my flight and sleep. I need to hit the road running there.

    I read up but will be back tomorrow to catch up.

    Have a lovely Thursday!

    Oh and all our carry ons were heavy. That was fun😩

    Safe flight,!!! ✈️

    My daughter heads to Istanbul on Sat 🇹🇷
  • AmbersWay
    AmbersWay Posts: 322 Member
    A quick check in.

    We made it. The house was a pleasant welcome. I left candles without the lids (not burning) so it smelled so nice.

    The flight was blah but could always be worse. Everyone is exhausted and my youngest woke up from a nap sick.

    So, I’m trying to unpack things and keep here entertained and loved on from a slight distance.

    My scales batteries are dead. I have WI Sunday so I wanted to see my weight right away to compare at home. Oh well, it will be what ever it will be.

    I promise to be back. I read messages and want to respond but need to mop. 😂 because 3 months away makes for some dust.
  • micaroo4
    micaroo4 Posts: 3,807 Member
    @Katmary71 - (((HUGS))) Your situation sucks.
  • mkksemail
    mkksemail Posts: 1,745 Member
    I typed this for another group, but I thought I'd share it here too 💖

    (Photo = me stalking, then catching!, the UPS truck! 🥳 🤣)

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    Btw, nice blue sky! 🟦💙

    It's not raining today!! (Rain returns tmo 😝)



    So, I had a crazy morning 🤪. First of all, my daughter has fallen in love with her Turkish spice boy, who she met in December, and has traveled to Turkey once a month to visit 💕.

    It's almost impossible for him to get a visa to visit her. He tried in March, he was going to meet my daughter in Barcelona, when Katie (dd) was going to visit my niece who spent a year in Spain teaching English. Murat (spice boy) put on a suit, went to the Embassy for his visa interview, thought he was going to get it, but got denied bc he has no bank account.

    (Turkish lira has been in free fall since '20/'21 - their central bank is not independent, and their president dictates monetary policy. Turkey has had massive inflation for years ... 40%, 89%, other crazy numbers. So the Turks keep their money in euros if they can, not in the bank in local liras.)

    Anyway! they've decided to marry in a courthouse in Turkey 💕, and apply for a marriage visa (which can take a yr). Then have a real wedding ceremony next summer. There's a tonnnnnn of paperwork. She has a lawyer here, a lawyer there, they're rounding up all the documents, dotting the i's, crossing the t's ... and then they hit a snag. Her birth certificate needs not just the state seal, but a special type of notarizing that's done by the state, for international purposes, called an apostille.

    She requested (she thought) an apostilled birth cert from MA (she was born in Boston), two copies! just in case .... But when it arrived in Turkey, no apostille. 😬

    So, she requested overnight delivery if three more copies - the kind that are 'to be apostilled), at $150 each or some ridiculous number. Then found out last night they were 'signature required', and she was going to be at work. So I drive up to her place to meet the UPS truck and sign for it. Got there just after 1p. UPS tried to deliver st 12:28p 😩😩😩😬.

    "Oh noeeesss!"

    Okay, so she's flying to Turkey tmo, needs to have the thing, so I look around, what to do? Try to call UPS, ofc get the automated "push this number for ..." menu. That's not gonna work! 🤔

    Ok, fine! So, I drive out the driveway, to the downtown, and start looking for the dsm UPS truck. 🤣 Drive awhile, down past Bowdoin college, a bit more ... realize I'm too far, not gonna find the truck this way. And I turn around. Three blocks back towards town - 😱😳 I see the UPS truck!!! It's stopped, guy in it, hazards on, on the other side of the street!

    I turn around, go down side street, try to park - nothing. Pull into a church driveway, and leave it there, blocking the long driveway lol. I figured - it's not Sunday 🤷‍♀️

    Trot back up the block, UPS truck still there. Guy inside now, getting pizza and Arizona Tea. So, I casually saunter inside, walk slowly but with a friendly smile 🙂 up to the guy, and ask if I could interrupt his lunch. He says ok, and I go through my story. He says, he's not the guy for that area, doesn't know the guy who is, said he might be at lunch now, but doesn't know. I thank him, and pay for his lunch (we're at the register now, lol,). So, he tells me a few places to check. Says he'll be doing pickups, check this place, this place, Bowdoin College mail room, Gelato Fiasco, Cool As A Moose, UPS store on Main St, etc. 😁😁😁

    I thank him, and off I go. I'm looking ... I'm looking ... see nothing ... drive a bit through Bowdoin campus - nothing. Head down Main St. Looking ... Looking .... O. M. G. there's the truck!!! Other side of the street! Guy in it! By Bank of America!

    I make a 'questionably legal' U turn, lol, and follow the guy. He turns down a side street, I follow at a distance, slowly. He pulls over at a Real Estate agent. I park behind him, get out and start to walk towards him ...

    ... He's talking to himself (no one else around, he doesn't see me yet). He's saying "Uhhhgh I'm so tired!" He rang the bell, door locked and no answer. I speak up - "Hi! I'm sorry you're tired, I hope you don't mind if I bother you .... "

    Lol He turns around, smiles at my story, says, "Sure! That's me! I have the letter in my truck. I heard the dogs barking (at dd house), but no answer." 🤷‍♂️

    I thank him profusely! Take the letter, send daughter a pic, she's SO happy! Can't believe it! Over the moon!

    Okay, now I have to get to Augusta, the State Capitol, to get the thing apostilled. Drive another 45 min north, arrive in plenty of time, a little confusing finding my way through the campus maze of state buildings, but I find it. Only one person in line! Great!

    Get to the window, take out all my stuff, the lady at the window gets the lady who does apostilling ... and she can't do it! It's an out of state document. Has to get apostilled in MA! 😱😩😓


    Mumblemumblemumble

    Reach daughter on phone after some doing, tell her what's the what. She is obvs disappointed.

    But, lawyer in Turkey says they will send over everything they have, get the translation process started, get her appts set for next week (has to get a health exam, and a bunch of other stuff), and hopefully if I can get to MA Monday morning, get the thing apostilled before 11a ET (which is 6p Turkey time), send them an img, hopefully it'll be ok. (Follow up digital img with FedExing physical document.)

    So. That was my day. Monday should be interesting! She'll already be in Turkey, so I hope I can get everything done in time. 🤞

    Okay, I was going to post this on the weekly chat, but I feel like there will be a follow-up here on Monday, so imma put it in a new post 😉

  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,078 Member
    @DrewsAnna Oh no I’ve lost what I’ve typed more than once! Sounds like you’re doing great, keep it up!

    @Cornanda gentle hugs to you.

    @trooworld Hugs back atcha! I’m glad the project is almost done and you’re home for the day, we’ve had a pretty crazy month, what the heck? Time for the final push to the 4th!

    @txcritter69 I’m sorry to hear that about your husband, yes it does suck I’m sorry to hear that. Sounds like fun distressing, have a great time with Diesel and the garden! The decluttering will feel amazing once it’s done, you got this.

    @AmbersWay Glad you safely arrived, I’d love to see pictures when you’ve rested and are up for it.


    @micaroo4 Hugs back atcha, I’m hanging in there now but I was pretty down yesterday.

    @mkksemail Holy cow what a crazy day! Congratulations to your daughter, is he forever going to be “spice boy”? Haha wishing the best for everything, you’re an awesome Mom!

    Hi friends. Did seed sowing at the greenhouse, the poor farm manager has gotten roped into helping at farm camp since there’s nothing do on a farm at the end of June when we’re going up to 100 in a couple days and doing all the harvesting alone. I feel so bad for him, he was planting sunflowers with kids when I dropped the seeds off. Had some charity stuff to work on and spent a little time on my shed, it’s turning into a long project getting it organized. I made Skinnytaste’s Greek Pasta Salad for the HOA annual meeting and potluck tomorrow, not sure if I’ll go to the farm for an hour first or not as I’d like to go to the farmer’s market and the meeting is at 11. I’m staying under today, I gotta get my weight back down and am joining a friend on a challenge through the end of September. Plus the potluck tomorrow will be a challenge. Have a great Saturday team!

    - Good body mechanics today, still having some trouble squatting mostly because of the low back tightness but I’m trying to get it loosened up.
  • micaroo4
    micaroo4 Posts: 3,807 Member
    @mkksemail - your crazy day made for some very amusing reading here on the Slims chat! With governments and documents, it's so difficult to get all the t's and i's done right. It seems like they make it intentionally difficult. It will make for an amusing story when they tell their children about how they got married.

    -Mica
  • mkksemail
    mkksemail Posts: 1,745 Member
    Kat,ica, lol .... TY! It was tooooo much, 😂🤣, def had to share. Lol

    Kat, have fun at your potluck today! 👏 Mica, your 4th of July challenge inspires me. That's something I'm def long overdue in adding to my life ...

    Happy Saturday, Slums! 🙋‍♀️😎. Raining (AGAIN 😝) here, but .... 🤷‍♀️🌂😄.

    Cheers!
    - mk :) (Maine)
  • jessicakrall8
    jessicakrall8 Posts: 5,458 Member
    The June Week 4 Group Challenge is open and ready to begin on Sunday, Jun 25th. Please join us for "Skip the Snack" and lively discussion this week. Here's your link:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10893368/june-week-4-group-challenge-skip-the-snacks#latest

    Hope to see you there!
    Jessica
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,078 Member
    @micaroo4 Something tells me you’re going to make it do the 4th with your streak unbroken!

    @mkksemail Thank you! How long is it predicted to rain?

    @tammymccrady6278 Oh no that was nice of you to cover vacations!
    Lots of good weigh ins today, way to go all of you!

    Hi team! Been on the go most the day, I got up and worked out then went to the farmer’s market for some fruit. The HOA meeting wasn’t too long, it was the annual meeting then the potluck was fun. Not that many neighbors went but the main crew was there. I checked on my brother’s chickens then came home after stopping at Starbucks (which put me over today shoot, forgot I had a protein drink this morning). I’d texted a picture of my banana mint flowering to a neighbor who also gardens and she was interested in some so I divided some of it and took it over and helped her trim her cat’s nails. I had been thinking of going to listen to a band tonight by myself but I’m way too tired, maybe I can hear them from my backyard for free as they’re a few blocks away. Have a great Sunday team! It’s my last night with Cali, I’m really going to miss her but Asher’s not very happy with her taking his spot next to me on the couch.

    - Body mechanics good today
  • DrewsAnna
    DrewsAnna Posts: 470 Member
    Hey y'all,

    I've still been pretty good. Last night hubby and I went out for dinner, drinks and dancing. I did pretty good, I had half a shot and 2 drinks. For dinner I ordered 3 sliders and a side salad. I ate all of my salad one and a half of my sliders and an entire beer pitcher of water, literally. That's how they served my water to me. Lol, I thought that was pretty funny.

    I didn't work on my afghan this evening because I have been going through things, trying to declutter. Believe me, lol, I am the queen of "out of sight, out of mind" lol.....

    Here is a picture of the reversible afghan I'm making for my mom. The bubbly side is the front and the wavy side is the back. I really like how it's turning out.

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    Y'all have a great evening.
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    askewcr wrote: »
    Good Evening Everyone!

    I've been on vacation with my husband's family to Florida! Needless to say I did not weigh and have eaten some delicious food. I don't think it will be good with all of that food around me. We were gone a week and I will get on the scale in the morning. I had a ball and tomorrow is a brand new day!

    You are excused for the week! You have until next Saturday to weigh in :wink: No worries!
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