Wedding planning

2011 is not the year for me to write in this blog. I guess one reason that I haven't been putting much effort into it is because every day things change here. So if I write something down today, tomorrow it could be totally different.

As I mentioned in the last post, I am officially staying here until December 14. That date is completely arbitrary. My goal is to marry Cveti and get her a visa for the states and for us to travel back together. Peace Corps has a policy that requires a background check for all host country nationals that intend to marry an active volunteer. This background check takes 4 months. or so they say... Cveti and I submitted the paperwork for the background check back in April and hoped that we would have it completed by August. We found out in late June that the paperwork was never forwarded on to Washington DC for the actual background check to be completed. So we thought that we wouldn't have permission to marry until at least November. Well, yesterday I found out that the check was completed and we have the green light to marry now!! There are a hundred different variables right now including the changing of the Immigrant Visa laws in mid August that we now are having to consider. Basically it comes down to this, we are going to try to get married ASAP.

I am leaving for Prague this weekend with Dan. He will continue on to the states after Prague because his service is now finished. Once I get back, on the 26th, Cveti and I have a window of about 4 days before my national ID card expires. Hopefully we can get the paperwork set up and completed in that time frame before any further complications. This has been a total roller coaster. Getting married in a foreign country is not easy.

I don't want to jinx anything, but there is a chance now that Cveti and I will be at Molly's wedding together in September. Keep your fingers crossed.