Originally posted by Leslie66
Big THANK YOU everybody. You guys have kept me going and I'm not exaggerating on little bit.

Congratulations again SecretGarden!! I'm thrilled we get to share this day.

As for when he will be here...... He is going to give notice at work tomorrow. Then work out his last week or two (whatever they agree on). He would prefer to give only one week notice (that is considered appropriate in Morocco he tells me). However it is extremely busy this time of year, he says Marakesh is so full of tourists the city is literally going to explode. lol. On the other hand, when he was in Casa he said it was dead and the taxi drivers were fighting over fares. The taxi drivers were complaining because everybody went to Marakesh for the holidays. I digress. He wants to leave on good terms with his employer so he will work the two weeks if they want him to. Then he will have to visit and say farewell to everybody in Morocco. Literally, to hear him tell it, he is going to literally visit every single person in Morocco before he leaves . Then get on an airplane and fly. I think he would like to stay until after the holiday on February 10th (forgive me, I forget what it's called but it has something to do with slaughtering a lamb. Maybe Heba or Patty or Rene can help me out here.) So, God willing, he will be here for St. Valentine's day.

Leslie

Originally posted by Karen D
Why Hyper??

Originally posted by Hebapotamus42
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
How is he going to leave work on good terms after he made them hate his guts after all those sick days off? (And I think those really do qualify as sick days.) The holiday will definitely be over by Feb 10th. It's called eid ul-adha (the feast of the sacrifice). Ask him for your eidiyya.

Originally posted by Steffi
And here I thought eating garlic was one of those old women's legends to determine the baby's sex or something, hahahaha.

Originally posted by sibsie
But not while you're trying.

And take your folic acid girls. Yes that means you too Karen.

Originally posted by Hypertweeky
If she eats garlic.. she will fart like crazy, her farts will be deadly.. and her baby.. will get some farting lessons from the inside
Leslie is having a stinky baby!!

Originally posted by Leslie66
Hi All,

This is a wonderful day for my husband and I!!!!!

We’ve been experiencing a little drama for the past week but I wasn’t ready to post anything until I could post everything.

12/29/03 – Monday : I spoke with my husband for a little over an hour. There was no news about the visa yet. He was pleased because his health insurance had finally paid some medical and dental claims he filed this summer. He was concerned about giving notice at work without that taken care of. We made a date to talk again on Thursday.

12/30/03 – Tuesday: He gets a call from the Casablanca consulate. “Your visa is ready come pick it up Friday at 3:00pm.�

12/31/03 – Wednesday. I tried to call Marakesh for hours. There was terrible congestion on the phone lines and I did not speak to my husband. At this point I still don’t even know about the consulate calling him.

01/01/04 – Thurday: Same problem as Wednesday. I only tried to call a few times before giving up, holidays are like that.

01/02/03 – Friday: Khalid calls in sick to work and takes the 4 hour bus trip to Casablanca (I still know nothing about all this). He gets to consulate a little before 3:00pm.

Consulate: Sorry we can’t give you your visa today. Come back Monday at 3:00pm.
Husband: Why?
Consulate: Because you should have been here at 8:00am, that is when we were giving people their visas.
Husband: The woman that called me said 3:00pm. I made her repeat it several times.
Consulate: We know. She told a lot of people that. They will all have to come back Monday at 3:00pm.
Husband: 3:00pm? Are you sure it is not 8:00am?
Consulate: No. On that day it will be 3:00pm.

They asked for his passport and said they would return it when they gave him the visa. So he takes the bus back to Marakesh because he has to work that weekend and has a wedding to go to Sunday.

01/04/03 – Sunday: I start trying to call Marakesh again. This time I’m not going to give up. After trying for about 45 minutes I get through. It is around 1:00am in Morocco so of course he’s asleep. We have a long talk he tells me about the whole Casablanca saga and that he’s going back Monday at 3:00pm. I asked why he didn’t call me. He says……. “Why? To tell you I still don’t have the visa?� He promises to call me as soon as he leaves the embassy Monday.

01/05/03 – Monday: He calls in sick to work (they’re really getting sick of this) and takes the 4 hour bus trip to Casablanca.

Consulate: Your visa is not ready. You’ll have to come back tomorrow.
Husband: Why?
Consulate: Processing is not complete. We can’t let you have it until tomorrow. Come back tomorrow at 3:00pm.

He calls me and tells me about all of this. We are both upset, but what can you do? He stays overnight in Casablanca.


01/06/03 – Tuesday (Today) – He calls in sick to work again (they really hate his guts now.) He just called me a little while ago. They gave him the visa, his passport, and the sealed brown envelope.

Thank God.

Leslie

Originally posted by Leslie66
I think he would like to stay until after the holiday on February 10th (forgive me, I forget what it's called but it has something to do with slaughtering a lamb. Maybe Heba or Patty or Rene can help me out here.) So, God willing, he will be here for St. Valentine's day.

Leslie

Originally posted by Hebapotamus42

Ask him for your eidiyya.

Originally posted by Noorah101
I've yet to witness an actual slaughtering, .