Whatever Comes To My Mind

We are in roller coaster ride with Papa’s petition but I am not too worried anymore because work and Frankie are keeping me busy. As I have mentioned before, his interview is supposed to be on September 16 that would be Tuesday of next week. So he went a week early for his physical exam and that was Wednesday of last week. He was told to come back the next day for his shots which means once he gets it he will all cleared. He texted me so excited that he will be cleared the next day. Thursday he went to St. Lukes so early together with the batch he was in the day before when all of the sudden they were told that they need come back on Sept 17,18,19 for the sputum (a spit test to see if they have TB or not). He was so disappointed and we were too. In the beginning I thought it is only given to people that are over 50 years old but Papa told me that all of them are scheduled for the 3 days spit test even those who are 40 years old and younger. Not everyone are too happy about it since the people who went there are those who have the next week interview schedule.

So to make the long story short, he will missed his interview because he still needs to clear himself at St. Lukes. We didn’t anticipate this. Had I known about the change I could have asked him to go to St. Lukes 2 weeks before his schedule so that he can still make it even if he still need to do the spit test. I thoroughly read St. Luke’s website to make sure but I didn’t read anything about the test. I guess they do it by batch and schedule because if they really want Papa to make it for the interview he had enough time to do the test. Now the question is when is the next interview schedule? St. Lukes assured them that they will set up the interview for the US Embassy once they are cleared and will be notified by telegram or call in 2 months the latest. Hay Buhay! Well looking at the brighter side of things, now my siblings will have more time with him to bond. If he gets his visa so close to Christmas then he can stay there and celebrate New Year here. We’ll see but for now I have mixed emotions. I am a little relieved because we still haven’t have the chance to rearrage Frankie’s bedroom while on the other it would be nice to have him here with us especially when the new store opens. All in all I am glad that surely it is getting so close and it is just a matter of waiting. Two months will fly by fast and before we know it he will be here with us. Although Ryan is a little upset. He is so funny, he really wants Papa to be over here.

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