Perhaps I should explain why I haven't been blogging ...
... on Not Mayberry for awhile. That would be because ... uh .... because .... well, no reason in particular. Life is either too boring or too exciting sometimes.
We did have little Máeráed over to stay four nights with us back before Christmas. That was when both her folks were in Vietnam for a few days. We had a good time with her, which I will write about in more detail. Then her dad came back from Vietnam for a few weeks while her mom stayed over their with her new brother Mickey, the one the CIS won't allow to come to America. That is a long story that I will write about in more detail soon. The tone I take will depend on how it turns out, but for the moment I have nothing good to say about the people in our government who are doing this to about 20 different families. BTW, Senator Dole's office will not even return phone calls from Máeráed's family in their effort to get the problem resolved. Next time she runs for office I will remember this.
We have had lots of snow and freezing rain. More of the freezing rain than the snow. Even the big university closed for the day. I enjoyed that but had to go up the mountain anyway, partly for a doctor's appointment and partly for a meeting of the history department. We are hiring lots of new people and I am on the committee that has to meet with every candidate and then meet yet again to discuss the candidate, and then meet again to ... well, you get the idea.
But I will try to keep posting more regularly on the blogs, both of them. Really.
... on Not Mayberry for awhile. That would be because ... uh .... because .... well, no reason in particular. Life is either too boring or too exciting sometimes.
We did have little Máeráed over to stay four nights with us back before Christmas. That was when both her folks were in Vietnam for a few days. We had a good time with her, which I will write about in more detail. Then her dad came back from Vietnam for a few weeks while her mom stayed over their with her new brother Mickey, the one the CIS won't allow to come to America. That is a long story that I will write about in more detail soon. The tone I take will depend on how it turns out, but for the moment I have nothing good to say about the people in our government who are doing this to about 20 different families. BTW, Senator Dole's office will not even return phone calls from Máeráed's family in their effort to get the problem resolved. Next time she runs for office I will remember this.
We have had lots of snow and freezing rain. More of the freezing rain than the snow. Even the big university closed for the day. I enjoyed that but had to go up the mountain anyway, partly for a doctor's appointment and partly for a meeting of the history department. We are hiring lots of new people and I am on the committee that has to meet with every candidate and then meet yet again to discuss the candidate, and then meet again to ... well, you get the idea.
But I will try to keep posting more regularly on the blogs, both of them. Really.
posted by Clemens | 12:00 AM
4 Comments:
Good to hear from you in the cold Carolina. Sounds like it's been not boring. I just can't understand about the problem getting little Mickey home. Just doesn't make sense.
Would it make any more sense if we told you the US government recognizes the legality of the adoption, but questions our son's status as an orphan? You know, the little man we adopted from an orphanage?
Doesn't make much sense to us either.
I have always thought it was simply a matter of conservatives at the embassy wanting to simply f*** with the Vietnamese to prove they were still resentful about the war. Consequently some 20 families end up torn apart and $1000s in debt so these little twerps can strut.
We have to get rid of this Party in November.
As it happens there is a news article in the NY Times that basically says the same thing I do, though they are more circumspect. The excuses and justifications from the State Dept are just that: excuses. And very lame.
These clowns have to go.
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