Girls be like “my nails are sheer blue green sparkles with grey undertones”

It’s me, I’m girls.

Immigration reform now.

That if someone in the govt doesn’t think we are legitimate for whatever reason then he might have to go back to Italy. And obviously I have to move too. Leave my career (my pension), my family, friends & the life we created over the last few years. I’m broken right now. It’s been a hell of a year.

I have to gather all new/more evidence and ask family and friends to write affidavits. This is “doing it the right way”. This is following the directions on the forms. Following rules. Doing what we were told. Starting a genuine life together in the US only to realize

Now I have to submit more evidence that our finances are tied. And I get it proves we are legit, but also as a woman having all joint accounts should never happen. But anyway, all of our accounts are shared already. He is my beneficiary for life insurance. We have shared credit cards.

Photos of us traveling around, visiting family and friends in the US and in his country. Photos of us at family weddings. Photos of my family going to visit his family in Italy multiple times. We are a legitimate couple.

Now, 2 months later we got a RFE (request for evidence). We didn’t submit enough or satisfactory evidence. I can see how 1 piece of evidence was incomplete, I’ll give them that. But I also submitted dozens of photos with captions.

We got a notice for him to go get finger printed and thought all was good.

We did that. We took an entire weekend to gather evidence (again) and submit more paperwork to again prove we are truly married. (And paid the very expensive fee.)

He moved to the US in 2024 with conditions. On his 2 year anniversary of being in the US we had to apply to have the conditions removed and get the 10 year green card.

Immigration reform now.
That’s it. That’s the whole post.
Not really but story time.

My husband lived in Italy when we met. We got married, did the visa paperwork, followed the rules.

Finally getting around to watching White Lotus season 3 and so far very relatable: everyone is sweaty and the women are disturbed when they learn their friend voted for Trump.

My husband almost died this year and my best friend since I was 7 got diagnosed with breast cancer at 40. Take advantage of all the opportunities life gives you! I just happened to be visiting my in laws this week and took a quick train ride to Carnevale and no regrets! 🎗️🩷🇮🇹

As a new thin packing for vacation is so wild to me! What do you mean I can grab any 6 shirts and any jeans because they all fit and look good?? Mind is blown!!

And I never even had an avocado toast in my life!

Husband & I were looking at buying a house we loved. It’s already expensive. We learned closing costs were additional 50k. I thought “if only we had a few less takeout coffees”

Sarcasm, obviously

Housing is a crisis that needs to be addressed. We are older professionals who have saved for years.

Sometimes I think my (Italian) husband and I hesitant to buy a house because deep down we just want to move to Italy full time. We originally decided Italy is for retirement but things in the US are escalating so fast it’s scary.

Thanks! Bad news is now all my Taylor cardigans don’t fit 😢

I recently lost 50 pounds (intentionally) and while I was in Costco I picked up a 50 pound bag of rice. It was so heavy, I couldn’t believe I carried that around every day. I’m really proud of myself, I made a commitment to take better care of myself for a full year and I have been sticking to it!

Apparently my students from last year were trying to guess my political views based on what they did in gov class today. They concluded I’m too nice to be m@ga but also I have blondehair so I might be. I clearly have brown hair with so highlights 😆

The other night I was asleep & heard a loud noise. My husband passed out & fell in the bathroom. He was behind the door. I couldn’t get to him, but my very minimal CPR/First Aid training kicked in. He’s mostly fine now aside from cosmetic things. It might have been the scariest moments of my life. 🙁

Last night something scary happened and it reminded of another really scary situation I was once in (and I know this is vague but it’s still not over) and I just need good vibes right now.

Well, we had a good run, despite masking my husband got sick 3 weeks into the school year! Hoping I don’t get whatever he has!!

Been thinking a lot this week and one of the most tragic things for me in the last 10 years has been learning that people I love are actually awful racists.

My husband comes grocery shopping w/ me but doesn’t actually do the shopping. Yesterday he learned the prices of produce & was SHOCKED at how much we spend weekly. We bought 2 pears that came out to about 3.50. If they really want to “MAHA” they need to make healthy food affordable not cut vaccines.

Decided to do the annual pre school year house clean today. For some context I did lose 40lbs & still have a bit more to lose, but I threw out/donated 3 trash bags full of clothes & didn’t make a dent in my closet. I feel so wasteful. I am committing to me more deliberate as I build a new wardrobe.

I’m having such a wonderful summer filled with family, friends and adventures 🩷

I am going to be that absolutely insufferable friend who constantly talks about their travels for the next 6 months. This is a bucket list trip and it’s honestly a dream, every part exceeded my expectations!

Today should be like Christmas in terms of a naughty or nice list except it’s people who read the Declaration of Independence and understood and those who did not.

This experience has exceeded my wildest dreams !