Happy Birthday to Pablo! I got him 4 cans of paint and some rollers and brushes! 
We closed on our house today. We have a house! Yay!!!!!
My frustration level is through the roof.
On Thursday, Pablo attended his interview and exam to be naturalized as a US citizen. The process should have been simple except for the fact that they decided that they wanted a ridiculous amount of extra documentation including official IRS transcripts, letters from the IRS stating that we pay our taxes, utility bills from the last three years, a copy of our lease etc.. Basically, they want to be assured that we are married for real, and that we are not deadbeat tax evaders. We have until Jan 12 to collect all of our documents and then hopefully, he can be naturalized at that point. I didn’t go with him to the interview. Perhaps I should of. A big pregnant belly might have been more convincing than a bunch of utility bills; or at least generated some sympathy.
We are STILL waiting to close on our house. Looking back, there were two things that were really preventing us from making this go faster. The first is that the seller dawdled on producing a contract for us to sign. The second, is that the seller was unable to produce a survey of the land. We need the survey in order to get a title report. Now, we have to pay to have the land surveyed. I have no idea how long that will take, but the delay is driving me UP THE WALL. If we do not get the survey by the end of the day tomorrow, we probably will not be able to close until December. I really just want to go and curl up into a ball and sleep until they tell me that its time to sign papers.
Yesterday, I bought a swingset for the house (that we do not yet have). I’ve been dreaming about getting this swingset for over a month now. I can’t wait for Matilda to see it!
I had my weigh in today at the doctor. Last month I gained 7 lbs and this month, 10 lbs. How did I get so fat? No wonder I waddle so much.
Its hard to express how we are feeling this morning. We learned at 11pm last night (from John Stewart!) that Obama was declared the winner. We stayed up to watch McCain’s concession speech (thank god Sarah Palin was not given a chance to speak) and Obama’s inspiring acceptance speech. I think that McCain’s speech was good, and Obama’s was one of the best presidential speeches I have ever seen.
Pablo will (barring any glitches) become a US citizen next week and I think he is glad to become a citizen of a country that elected Obama by a wide margin and finally put an end to the horrible, horrible Bush years.
I am also glad to know that Matilda and our son will be growing up in a country lead by a president with intelligence and integrity. I feel 100 cliches at once. The sun is out, a new day, breaking dawn, blah blah..
To celebrate Obama’s win, send a card to Bush telling him to go home!
Pablo completed the NYC Marathon yesterday on Nov 2 in 4:29:00. Matilda and I went to mile 22 to cheer him on in our TEAM AGÜERO shirts!. Here are some photos and a video.
Pablo acabo la NYC Marathon ayer 2 de Noviembre en 4horas y 29 minutos you fui al kilometro 35 para darle animos con nuestras camisetas de Equipo Agüero!!. Aqui hay algunas fotos y video.
Marathon from Matilda on Vimeo.
Thanks to Mary and the Run Well Track Club for training, supporting and actually running the whole marathon with Pablo. Thanks and congrats to Anne Runge for completing the marathon and also listening to all of Pablo’s boring running talk. Thanks to Alex for his supportive message! Thanks to Julianna, Michael, Kaman, Joe, Clive, Rosa, Mariko, Margaret for coming out and supporting Pablo!
Gracias a Mary de Run Well Track Club por el entreno, soporte y por correr toda la maraton con Pablo. Gracias y felicidades a Anne Runge por acabar la maraton y por escuchar a Pablo dar la tabarra hablando de correr. Gacias a Alex por su mensage de animo!! Gracias a Julianna, Michael, Kaman, Joe, Clive, Rosa, Mariko, Margaret por venir a dar animos a pablo!