This was one of the reasons we chose to pursue a green card for my husband rather than stay in the UK. There is an income requirement for the US, but it’s a lot more realistic than the British one plus you’re allowed a co-sponsor.

I have a Canadian friend with this situation! One of her parents is American and she gets held up or turned away at the border nearly every time, when all she wants to do is visit her grandparents for the week.

Similar experience over here. My husband is Scottish and we spent thousands on fees. He is a university educated English speaker who has never even had a traffic ticket so our situation should be uncomplicated. We spent the first 13 months of our marriage apart waiting on his visa to process, he had to travel to…

Which one? You’ll probably find whoever answers the phone there more receptive :) https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/world/europe/donald-trump-scotland-wall.html?_r=0

As a teenager, getting in cars with people I didn’t know and had only just met. That I did that scares the shit out of me now. Always had fun with drugs though.

Great idea! What’s making me happy this week is that I finally feel like I’m starting to get the hang of my new job. What will make me happy next week is the temperature won’t be higher than 77 F.

Ohhh I thought she had shoved paper towels in her shoes to help absorb sweat.

I honestly love Crocs. I have two pairs of their wedge heels which are amazing and sandals, and flats. The hate is mostly directed at the clogs though, I think?

Baked potatoes. You can put basically anything you want on them (meat, cheese, salad, chili, other vegetables..) and it’s very filling.

I loved this book and recommended it too :) I saw the cover and knew it was perfect for the category of “a book that brings you joy” for my 2016 reading challenge. It was miles ahead a lot of the romance YA out there.

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy. It’s a YA novel so it’s a fairly easy read, but it’s all about body acceptance and loving yourself and complicated relationships (including friends and Moms).

Ahaha yes! He would do this hip wiggle move and then was like “ta-da! my pants are now around my ankles.”

YES! Don’t post photos where people have red eyes or your dog has weird glowing eyes or it’s blurry or grainy or fucking sideways.

“toots” maybe?

Yum yum? >.<

Not exactly the same, but close enough: I work in the youth section of a public library and we do literacy outreach with daycare centers. Today I read a story with the word stupid in it. (“Stupid spinach,” Sylvia said.) At least a dozen kids all yelled “You can’t say that word!” at me. The next classroom I used dumb…

This is like my dad and anything related to legal proceedings. Please shut up, it’s for dramatic effect ughhhhhhh

Squeee

Oooh I used to have a bath pillow that suctioned to the sides of the tub. I want to say it was from Bed, Bath, and Beyond but I’m sure you could find one online.

He’s so boring. I kind of liked The Hills at first, but was over it quickly.