After 3 months ofhaving forwarded my mail from
NEW JERSEY to BROOKLYN….and having lost ALL
my mail in those 3 months…..I looked in my tiny mail
my mail in those 3 months…..I looked in my tiny mail
box yesterday after trenching the horrible BROOKLYN
snow covered streets and I find a letter with a yellow sticker
on it.I laugh, I cry, I burp (it was the 7-up I had at the
14 street train station) and I notice the letter waiting for
me is thin with BOLD markings on it.
“Oh Great! I see an unsolicated letter and scan through the front label
quickly…..Another credit card application I’ll be rejected once
quickly…..Another credit card application I’ll be rejected once
they plug in my social security number!” I’m about to throw the letter away but
decide to tuck it into my OPRAH magazine that is 3 weeks late.
decide to tuck it into my OPRAH magazine that is 3 weeks late.
I get inside my apartment and I thumb through the magazine and notice the credit card
application that I tucked inside only to examine it closer, realizing it’s not junk mail.
It’s from the US Immigration office.The last letter they sent me (3 weeks ago) stated that they needed me to come
application that I tucked inside only to examine it closer, realizing it’s not junk mail.
It’s from the US Immigration office.The last letter they sent me (3 weeks ago) stated that they needed me to come
back for fingerprints…..because my old ones had expired! I looked at my finger tips and thought to myself….how is that possible?
As I open the letter, my cell phone rings….it’s my good friend/ex-roommate,
Julie Hanson….telling me that she might come for a visit and how’s she’s feeling a bit
under the weather.Julie: …and Nando, I thought I had a brain tumor…but finally realized it was really only gas….”
under the weather.Julie: …and Nando, I thought I had a brain tumor…but finally realized it was really only gas….”
As I began to read my letter, and somewhat ignoring Julie’s gas epiphany,
The US Immigration office was informing me that I need to show up to their office on Dec 29th, 2005, at 8am (eastern time…of course!!) as I am to be sworn in as a US citizen!!
The US Immigration office was informing me that I need to show up to their office on Dec 29th, 2005, at 8am (eastern time…of course!!) as I am to be sworn in as a US citizen!!
I MADE IT!
I MADE IT!
Woo-whoo!!!
After 30 years………………….!!
I can’t tell you how it feels………….I just wanted to share!
I know I txt messaged a few of you…but here is the official email~
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